Predator perches: A visual search perspective

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-379

  Andersson, Malte ^a   Wallander, Johan ^a   Isaksson, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Habitat management; Hunting behaviour; Prey conservation; Prey visibility; Search theory; Vegetation height

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY LOCATION; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VISIBILITY;

AVES;

EID: 62449212223     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01512.x     Document Type: Article

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