Red kangaroos (Macropus rufus) receive an antipredator benefit from aggregation

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-99

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a,b   Daniel, Janice C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Benefits and costs of sociality; Group size effects; Red kangaroo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; MACROPUS RUFUS; MACROPUS SP.; METATHERIA;

EID: 0037523341     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-002-0070-5     Document Type: Article

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