Back to the basics of antipredatory vigilance: Can nonvigilant animals detect attack?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-543

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; GROUP SIZE; VIGILANCE;

ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; JUNCO; JUNCO HYEMALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032876429     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1182     Document Type: Article

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