Vigilance in the third dimension: head movement not scan duration varies in response to different predator models

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1181-1187

  Jones, K A ^a   Krebs, J R ^a   Whittingham, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chaffinch; foraging; Fringilla coelebs; head movements; predation; predation risk; predator detection; scanning; vigilance

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; RECOGNITION; SONGBIRD; VIGILANCE;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; FELIS CATUS; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS;

EID: 35748941297     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.029     Document Type: Article

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