Behavioral responses of native prey to disparate predators: Naiveté and predator recognition

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-377

  Anson, Jennifer R ^a   Dickman, Chris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chemical cues; Marsupial; Naivet ; Predator recognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOPATRY; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; CHEMICAL CUE; COEVOLUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARSUPIAL; NATIVE SPECIES; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; SELECTION; SYMPATRY;

AUSTRALIA;

BASSARISCUS; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; CANIDAE; METATHERIA; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; VARANUS VARIUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84872621254     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2424-7     Document Type: Article

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