Foraging games between gerbils and their predators: Seasonal changes in schedules of activity and apprehension

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 256-271

  Kotler, Burt P ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b   Bouskila, Amos ^a   Mukherjee, Shomen ^a   Goldberg, Toby ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE;

EID: 10944267643     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/k8d7-8kcx-blaw-y2k5     Document Type: Article

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