Prey naiveté in an introduced prey species: The wild rabbit in Australia

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 986-991

  Barrio, Isabel C ^a   Bueno, C Guillermo ^b   Banks, Peter B ^c   Tortosa, Francisco S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

antipredator response; avoidance behavior; coevolutionary history; Oryctolagus cuniculus; predation; space use

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ALLOPATRY; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; COEVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPACE USE; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77955912504     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq103     Document Type: Article

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