Risk taking in natural predation risk gradients: Support for risk allocation from breeding pied flycatchers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1443-1447

  Thomson, Robert L ^a   Forsman, Jukka T ^b   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Central place forager; Ficedula hypoleuca; Latency to resume feeding; Parental care; Pied flycatcher; Predator encounter; Risk allocation hypothesis; Risk taking; Sparrowhawk

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BREEDING POPULATION; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; ENCOUNTER RATE; FOOD PROVISIONING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; PREDICTION; RAPTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACCIPITER NISUS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 82355191682     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.029     Document Type: Article

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