Individual vigilance of African herbivores while drinking: the role of immediate predation risk and context

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 665-671

  Périquet, Stéphanie ^a,b   Valeix, Marion ^a,b   Loveridge, Andrew J ^b   Madzikanda, Hillary ^c   Macdonald, David W ^b   Fritz, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ZIMBABWE PARKS AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

African lion; African savannah; antipredator behaviour; giraffe; Hwange National Park; kudu; waterhole; zebra

Indexed keywords

DIET; DRINKING; GROUP SIZE; HERBIVORE; NATIONAL PARK; PREDATION RISK; RUMINANT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIGILANCE;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS QUAGGA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 76449119046     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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