Using vigilance behavior to test whether predation promotes habitat partitioning

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1880-1887

  Repasky, Richard R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird behavior; California; Elevational gradient; Habitat distribution; Predation risk; Sonoran desert; Sparrow; Trade off models; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; BLACK THROATED SPARROW; HABITAT PARTITIONING; SAGE SPARROW; VIGILANCE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SONORAN DESERT;

AMPHISPIZA BELLI; AMPHISPIZA BILINEATA;

EID: 0030427821     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265791     Document Type: Article

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