Evolution of sprint speed in african savannah herbivores in relation to predation

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3371-3376

  Bro Jørgensen, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal locomotion; Antipredator behavior; Coevolution; Niche separation; Predator prey interactions; Prey switching

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COUPLING; HUNTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCOMOTION; PREDATION; SAVANNA; SEPARATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORA; COEVOLUTION; EQUIDAE; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; NICHE SEPARATION; OSTRICH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; PREY SWITCHING; RUNNING;

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR; COEVOLUTION; NICHE SEPARATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; PREY SWITCHING;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARNIVORA; EQUIDAE; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RUNNING; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 84886240211     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12233     Document Type: Article

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