Moonlight avoidance in gerbils reveals a sophisticated interplay among time allocation, vigilance and state-dependent foraging

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1687, 2010, Pages 1469-1474

  Kotier, Burt P ^a   Brown, Joel ^b   Mukherjee, Shomen ^a   Berger Tal, Oded ^a   Bouskila, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging theory; Gerbils; Moonlight avoidance; Risk management; State dependent foraging; Time allocation and vigilance

Indexed keywords

CANID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT EFFECT; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; TIME ALLOCATION; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; GERBILLINAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77952734668     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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