Factors affecting vigilance in springbok: Importance of vegetative cover, location in herd, and herd size

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Sallna, Carl ^b   Gochfeld, Michael ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator; Foraging; Gender; Group size; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004941314     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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