Detecting predators and locating competitors while foraging: An experimental study of a medium-sized herbivore in an African savanna

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 419-430

  Pays, Olivier ^a   Blanchard, Pierrick ^b   Valeix, Marion ^c   Chamaillé Jammes, Simon ^d   Duncan, Patrick ^d   Périquet, Stéphanie ^c   Lombard, Marion ^e   Ncube, Gugulethu ^e   Tarakini, Tawanda ^e   Makuwe, Edwin ^f   Fritz, Hervé ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CNRS HERD Program Hwange LTER   (Zimbabwe)

^f Hwange National Park   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Group living; Impala; Patch quality; Vigilance; Visibility

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DETECTION METHOD; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAVANNA; TRADE-OFF; UNGULATE; VIGILANCE; VISIBILITY; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861202958     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2218-3     Document Type: Article

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