Response to predation risk in urban and rural house sparrows

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 896-907

  Seress, Gábor ^a   Bókony, Veronika ^a   Heszberger, János ^b   Liker, András ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Endo Plus Service Kft   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; HABITAT TYPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; FELIS CATUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 80052782837     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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