Dog attacks on adders; a comment on Worthington‐Hill & Gill (2019)

Due to its impact on organismal behaviour, physiology, demography and its effect on conservation management, quantification of predation in the wild constitutes a crucial component in ecological studies (e.g. Magnhagen, 1991; Creel et al., 2007). In particular, quantification of predation risk on snakes is challenging and therefore researchers have often relied on using plasticine models which enable the identification of the predator attacking...