Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 685-696

  Healy, Kevin ^a   McNally, Luke ^b   Ruxton, Graeme D ^c   Cooper, Natalie ^a   Jackson, Andrew L ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Critical flicker fusion; Evolutionary ecology; Predator prey; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; NICHE; PERCEPTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIGNALING; TIME; VISUAL CUE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84884350108     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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