Fear factor: Do dugongs (Dugong dugon) trade food for safety from tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)?

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1031-1040

  Wirsing, Aaron J ^a,b,c   Heithaus, Michael R ^c   Dill, Lawrence M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Foraging; Herbivory; Predator intimidation; Shark Bay

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORY; MARINE MAMMAL; PREDATION RISK; SEAGRASS; SHARK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUGONG; ECOSYSTEM; FEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SHARK;

ANIMALS; DUGONG; ECOSYSTEM; FEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SHARKS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DUGONG DUGON; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER;

EID: 34548565636     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0802-3     Document Type: Article

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