Magnitude of food reward affects escape behavior and acceptable risk in Balearic lizards, Podarcis lilfordi

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 554-559

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Pérez Mellado, Valentín ^b   Hawlena, Dror ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behavior; Approach distances; Escape behavior; Flight initiation distance; Squamata

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENCOUNTER RATE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIELD METHOD; FITNESS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF;

INSECTA; PODARCIS LILFORDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745596133     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj066     Document Type: Article

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