Habitat affects escape behaviour and alarm calling in Common Starlings Sturnus vulgaris

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Devereux, Claire L ^a   Fernàndez Juricic, Esteban ^b   Krebs, John R ^a   Whittingham, Mark J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escape strategy; Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus; Predation risk; Protective cover; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALARM SIGNAL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; SURVIVAL; VISION;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ANIMALIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 50049114486     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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