An alternative theoretical approach to escape decision-making: The role of visual cues

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Javůrková, Veronika ^a   Šizling, Arnošt Leoš ^b   Kreisinger, Jakub ^a   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DUCK; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT INITIATION DISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDICTION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION CONCEALMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CUES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DECISION MAKING; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENT; ESCAPE REACTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84858052527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032522     Document Type: Article

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