The effects of familiarity on escape responses in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

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Introduction

Methods

Test fish collection and rearing

Escape response trials

Data analysis

Statistical analysis

Results

Responsiveness

Reactive distance

Magnitude of the response

Discussion

Supplemental Information

S1—Escape response mechanism

High speed video of illustrating the mechanisms of escape response in the juvenile Trinidadian guppy.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3899/supp-1

Data used for estimating responsiveness

Number of individuals that respond within each group, between treatments

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3899/supp-2

R script used to calculate Wilcoxon rank sum

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3899/supp-3

Raw data used to estimate the effect of of familiarity of escape responses in Trinidadian guppies

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3899/supp-4

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Hayley L. Wolcott conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables.

Alfredo F. Ojanguren and Miguel Barbosa conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Animal Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

Approval was provided by the University of St. Andrews Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee (2015). The review panel declared no need to obtain Animal Ethics approval.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data supporting this publication can be accessed at

http://dx.doi.org/10.17630/92831d81-38f0-4573-b2e5-e1d11adf9322.

Funding

This study was funded by a Postdoctoral fellowship to Miguel Barbosa (SFRH/BPD/82259/2011). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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