Predators' decisions to eat defended prey depend on the size ofundefended prey

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1315-1321

  Halpin, Christina G ^a   Skelhorn, John ^b   Rowe, Candy ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Educated predator; Energy; European starling; Foraging; Mimicry; Prey size; Sturnus vulgaris; Toxic prey

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIMICRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PASSERINE; PREY SIZE; TOXIN;

EUROPE;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 84879266653     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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