Antipredator strategies of house finches: Are urban habitats safe spots from predators even when humans are around?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-685

  Valcarcel, Anna ^a   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Birds; Flight initiation distance; Flock size; Foraging; Safe habitat hypothesis; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 61349152308     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0701-6     Document Type: Article

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