Anthropogenic noise affects risk assessment and attention: The distracted prey hypothesis

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 458-461

  Chan, Alvin Aaden Yim Hol ^a   Giraldo Perez, Paulina ^a   Smith, Sonja ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Attention; Distraction; Hermit crab; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMALIA; COENOBITA CLYPEATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOMURA; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANOMURA; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; NOISE; RISK; UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 77957286789     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.1081     Document Type: Article

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