Relationships of anti-predator escape and post-escape responses with body mass and morphology: A comparative avian study

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 731-752

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^b   Abrica, Gerardo ^a   Manriquez, Lisa ^a   Adams, Laura Bandy ^a   Adams, Robert ^a   Daneshrad, Monica ^a   Rodriguez Prieto, Iñaki ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flight initiation distance; Hind limb morphology; Landing distance; Migratory species; Predation; Wingtip shape

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 33646721614     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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