Up, up, and away: Relative importance of horizontal and vertical escape from predators for survival and senescence

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1689-1698

  Moller A P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birds; Escape; Habitat selection; Senescence; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONGEVITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SENESCENCE; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLYING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ESCAPE REACTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954812345     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02034.x     Document Type: Article

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