Vigilance and its complex synchrony in the red-necked pademelon, Thylogale thetis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Pays, Olivier ^a,b   Dubot, Anne Laure ^a   Jarman, Peter J ^c   Loisel, Patrice ^d   Goldizen, Anne W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UMR 729 MISTEA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Independent scanning; Neighbor effect; Synchronization of vigilance; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; PREDATOR; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; THYLOGALE; THYLOGALE THETIS;

EID: 58149215997     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn110     Document Type: Article

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