Fixed action pattern: Difference between revisions

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Fixed action patterns have been shown to be evolutionarily advantageous, as they increase both fitness and speed.<ref name=":112">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jove.com/science-education/10919/fixed-action-patterns |title=Fixed Action Patterns {{!}} Protocol |website=www.jove.com |access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> However, as a result of their predictability, they may also be used as a means of exploitation. An example of this exploitation would be brood parasitism.<ref name=":132">{{Cite journal |last1=Peer |first1=Brian D. |last2=Robinson |first2=Scott K. |last3=Herkert |first3=James R. |date=2000-10-01 |title=Egg Rejection by Cowbird Hosts in Grasslands |journal=The Auk |volume=117 |issue=4 |pages=892–901 |doi=10.1093/auk/117.4.892 |issn=1938-4254|doi-access=free }}</ref>

There are 4four exceptions to fixed action pattern rules.:<ref name=":142">{{Cite journal |last=Schleidt |first=Wolfgang M. |title=How "Fixed" is the Fixed Action Pattern? |url=https://www.academia.edu/32893025 |journal=Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie |volume=36 |issue=1–5 |pages=184–211 |issn=0044-3573 |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0310.1974.tb02131.x |pmid=4467663 |year=2010}}</ref> These include reduced response threshold, [[vacuum activity]], displacement behavior, and graded response.<ref name=":142"/>

== Characteristics ==