Fleeing and hiding under simultaneous risks and costs

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 665-671

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape behavior; Flight initiation distance; Hiding time; Refuge use; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; LIZARD; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

SCELOPORUS JARROVII; SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 66149111828     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp049     Document Type: Article

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