The landscape of fear: Ecological implications of being afraid

Open Ecology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue SPEC.ISS.2, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Laundré, John W ^a   Hernández, Lucina ^a   Ripple, William J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; Landscape of fear; Predation risk; Predators; Prey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77957725833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874213001003030001     Document Type: Article

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