Foraging patterns of habitat use reveal landscape of fear of Nubian ibex Capra nubiana

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-201

  Iribarren, Cecilia ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capra nubiana; environmental features; foraging behaviour; giving up density; landscape of fear; Nubian ibex; patch use; predation risk

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA NUBIANA;

EID: 84868036249     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/11-041     Document Type: Article

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