Vigilance of kit foxes at water sources: A test of competing hypotheses for a solitary carnivore subject to predation

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-82

  Hall, Lucas K ^a   Day, Casey C ^a   Westover, Matthew D ^a   Edgel, Robert J ^a   Larsen, Randy T ^a   Knight, Robert N ^b   McMillan, Brock R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Predation; Refuge; Vigilance; Visibility; Water source

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY; REFUGE; VIGILANCE; VISIBILITY; WATERING POINT;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; FOX; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR VIGILANCE HYPOTHESIS; PREY; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY; VISIBILITY VIGILANCE HYPOTHESIS; VULPES MACROTIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FOXES; LINEAR MODELS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK; UTAH; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANIMALIA; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS;

EID: 84875372163     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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