To flee or not to flee: Predator avoidance by cheetahs at kills

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1033-1042

  Hunter, J S ^a   Durant, S M ^b,c   Caro, T M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Interspecific competition; Intraguild predation; Kleptoparasitism; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FELID; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CANIDAE; CROCUTA CROCUTA; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 34147136575     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0336-4     Document Type: Article

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