Predator-prey interactions, flight initiation distance and brain size

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-42

  Moller A P ^a   Erritzoe J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Taps Old Rectory ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain size; Cerebellum; Eye size; Flight initiation distance; Monitoring of predators; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; COEVOLUTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; CEREBELLUM; ESCAPE REACTION; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891627771     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12272     Document Type: Article

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