Do free-ranging domestic goats show 'landscapes of fear'? Patch use in response to habitat features and predator cues

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1811-1819

  Shrader, Adrian M ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b   Kerley, Graham I H ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^c  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Feeding effort; Giving up density; Landscape use; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FECES; GOAT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; PREDATION RISK; URINE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 48549085500     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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