Behavioural Responses of European Roe Deer to Temporal Variation in Predation Risk

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-243

  Sönnichsen, Leif ^a,b   Bokje, Matthijs ^c   Marchal, Jessica ^c   Hofer, Heribert ^a   Jedrzejewska, Bogumila ^b   Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a   Ortmann, Sylvia ^a  

^a Wildlife Research   (Germany)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VIGILANCE;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; POLAND;

EID: 84873980823     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12057     Document Type: Article

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