Flush early and avoid the rush: A general rule of antipredator behavior?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-442

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert distance; Attention; Behavioral rules; Flight initiation distance; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FLIGHT; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77951130732     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq030     Document Type: Article

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