Testing domains of danger in the selfish herd: Sparrowhawks target widely spaced redshanks in flocks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1600, 2006, Pages 2521-2526

  Quinn, John L ^a   Cresswell, Will ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confusion; Group living; Predation; Selfish herd

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; SPACING; WADER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAWK; HERD; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPARROW;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 33748988477     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3612     Document Type: Article

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