Factors affecting intra- and inter-specific variations in the difference between alert distances and flight distances for birds in forested habitats

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1212-1220

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Jimenez, M D ^b   Lucas, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b C I A C Madrid F G Bernaldez   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD PRODUCTS; VEGETATION;

PREDATORS;

FORESTRY;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FOREST; GROUP SIZE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; CORVIDAE; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PICA; PICA PICA; TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0346665867     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-104     Document Type: Article

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