Rodent foraging is affected by indirect, but not by direct, cues of predation risk

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-437

  Orrock, John L ^a   Danielson, Brent J ^a   Brinkerhoff, R Jory ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Giving up densities; Peromyscus polionotus; Predator recognition; Prey behavior; Risk assessment; Savannah River Site

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; LEOPARDUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS POLIONOTUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 2942592252     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh031     Document Type: Article

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