![]() ![]() ![]() With prey movement, individual predators specialized either as cursorial or ambush hunters along a continuum of their hunting traits, but also shifted their strategy between encounters. We found that individual predators displayed a diversity of hunting tactics that were conditioned by prey behavior. Our study supports key findings on predator foraging mode and predator-prey interactions from behavioral ecology. We also investigated how prey activity affects the foraging behavior and hunting success of predators. We empirically examined how four predator foraging behaviors covary at three hierarchical levels (among environments, among individuals, and within individuals) to assess the structure of predator hunting mode. ![]() With an online multiplayer videogame, we propose a novel system to explore within population variation in predator hunting mode, and how predator–prey behavioral interactions affect predator hunting success. Predator–prey interactions are important drivers of community and ecosystem dynamics. ![]()
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