A reassessment of the predation risk allocation hypothesis: A comment on Lima and Bednekoff

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-146

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Cognitive constraints; Predation risk allocation hypothesis; Time horizon.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; NOTE; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; ESCAPE REACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650921239     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657437     Document Type: Note

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