Prey escape direction is influenced by the pivoting displays of flush-pursuing birds

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-396

  Jabłoński, Piotr G ^a,b   McInerney, Caitríona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; VISUAL CUE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; DIPTERA; MYIOBORUS PICTUS; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 17644381628     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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