Escape behavior of neotropical homopterans in response to a flush-pursuit predator

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 586-595

  Galatowitsch, Mark L ^a,b   Mumme, Ronald L ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Flush pursuit foraging; Homoptera; Insect defenses; Myioborus spp.; Redstarts

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PLUMAGE; VULNERABILITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE; PUNTARENAS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; BOTHRIOCERA; CAMPYLOCENTRUS; CERCOPIDAE; CIXIIDAE; EMBERIZINAE; GALLIFORMES; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; MEMBRACIDAE; MYIOBORUS; MYIOBORUS MINIATUS; OCOAXO; PARULIDAE; SETOPHAGA; SPHENORHINA; VESTISTILUS VARIABILIS;

EID: 12244285943     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00352.x     Document Type: Article

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