Individual behavior and survival: The roles of predator avoidance, foraging success, and vigilance

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1168-1174

  Sansom, Alex ^a   Lind, Johan ^b   Cresswell, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Foraging efficiency; Predation risk; Survival; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIRD; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INDIVIDUALISM; JUVENILE; PREDATION RISK; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 70450245297     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp110     Document Type: Article

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