Apprehension and time allocation in gerbils: The effects of predatory risk and energetic state

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 917-922

  Kotler, Burt P ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b   Bouskila, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apprehension; Energetic state; Foraging theory; Gerbils; Giving up densities; Negev Desert; Optimal patch use; Risk of predation; Time allocation; Tradeoffs of food and safety

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; RODENT; TIME ALLOCATION;

GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS; GERBILLUS ANDERSONI; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5344227529     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3002     Document Type: Article

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