Variation in predation risk and vole feeding behaviour: A field test of the risk allocation hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-162

  Sundell, Janne ^a   Dudek, Dorota ^b   Klemme, Ines ^c   Koivisto, Elina ^d   Pusenius, Jyrki ^d   Ylönen, Hannu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Ctr Badañ Ekologicznych PAN   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Foraging effort; Giving up density; Trade off; Weasel

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CARNIVORA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CARNIVORA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIVALIS;

EID: 1942540110     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1490-x     Document Type: Article

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