Movement and direction of movement of a simulated prey affect the success rate in barn owl Tyto alba attack

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Shifferman, Eran ^a   Eilam, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR; RODENT;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 1642281303     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03257.x     Document Type: Article

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