Spatial responses to predators vary with prey escape mode

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-537

  Wirsing, Aaron J ^a   Cameron, Kathryn E ^b   Heithaus, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antipredator behaviour; context dependence; escape tactic; habitat choice; landscape features; predation risk; predator avoidance; predator hunting mode; predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 76449112022     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.014     Document Type: Review

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