Escape behaviour of birds provides evidence of predation being involved in urbanization

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-348

  Moller A P ^a   Ibanez Alamo J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alarm call; Escape behaviour; Fear scream; Predation; Tonic immobility; Urbanization; Wriggle behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DIVERGENCE; HABITAT TYPE; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; RURAL AREA; URBANIZATION;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIS CATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84864137961     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.030     Document Type: Article

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