Flight initiation distance is differentially sensitive to the costs of staying and leaving food patches in a small-mammal prey

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1016-1023

  Lagos, Patricio A ^a   Meier, Andrea ^a   Tolhuysen, Liliana Ortiz ^a   Castro, Rodrigo A ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a   Ebensperger, Luis A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70449122388     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-089     Document Type: Article

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