The anxious vole: The impact of group and gender on collective behavior under life-threat

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 959-968

  Eilam, David ^a   Zadicario, Pazit ^a   Genossar, Tom ^a   Mort, Joel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Contagious fear; Defensive behavior; Predation risk; Predator prey interactions; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GENDER; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS SOCIALIS; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84861226556     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1344-1     Document Type: Article

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