Temporal variation in danger drives antipredator behavior: The predation risk allocation hypothesis

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 649-659

  Lima, Steven L ^a   Bednekoff, Peter A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Decision making; Foraging behavior; Predation risk; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032792591     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303202     Document Type: Article

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