Using path analysis to explore vigilance behavior in the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Fanson, Kerry V ^a   Fanson, Benjamin G ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Group size; Predation risk; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GROUP SIZE; MAMMAL; PATH ANALYSIS; PREDATION RISK; VEGETATION COVER; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE;

EID: 79951901936     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-017.1     Document Type: Article

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