Coordination and synchronisation of anti-predation vigilance in two crane species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Ge, Chen ^a   Beauchamp, Guy ^b   Li, Zhongqiu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BIRD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; CRANELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRUS GRUS; GRUS JAPONENSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; TIME PERCEPTION; ANIMAL; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BALEARICA PAVONINA; GRUIDAE; GRUS GRUS; GRUS JAPONENSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80054782385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026447     Document Type: Article

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