Predation risk, gender and the group size effect: Does elk vigilance depend upon the behaviour of conspecifics?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 389-398

  Childress, Michael J ^a   Lung, Mark A ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; GENDER; GROUP SIZE; PERCEPTION; PREDATION RISK; UNGULATE; VIGILANCE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0042570766     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2217     Document Type: Article

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