Dangerous prey and daring predators: A review

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 550-563

  Mukherjee, Shomen ^a,b   Heithaus, Michael R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Predator injury; Predator prey interaction; Prey avoidance; Risk of injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR INJURY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVOIDANCE; RISK OF INJURY;

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PREDATOR INJURY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVOIDANCE; RISK OF INJURY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880006340     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12014     Document Type: Article

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