Vigilance in a solitary marsupial, the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 363-371

  Favreau, Fraņois Reń ^a   Jarman, Peter J ^b   Goldizen, Anne W ^c   Dubot, Anne Laure ^a   Sourice, St́phane ^a   Pays, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Conspecific effect; Independent scanning; Synchronisation; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CONSPECIFIC; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; SYNCHRONY; VIGILANCE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VOMBATIDAE; VOMBATUS URSINUS;

EID: 77949407323     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO09062     Document Type: Article

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