Seascapes of fear: Evaluating sublethal predator effects experienced and generated by marine mammals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

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

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Simon Fraser University ^*  (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Dugong; Dugong dugon; Harbor seals; Intimidation; Phoca vitulina; Predation risk; Time allocation; Trait mediated indirect interactions; Tursiops

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; PREDATION RISK; SIRENIAN; TIME ALLOCATION;

DUGONG DUGON; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; TURSIOPS;

EID: 39049159640     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00167.x     Document Type: Review

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