Prey responses to predator's sounds: A review and empirical study

Ethology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 427-452

  Hettena, Alexandra M ^a   Munoz, Nicole ^b   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic predator discrimination; Antipredator behavior; Mule deer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CANID; DEER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PUMA CONCOLOR; UNGULATA;

EID: 84898058690     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12219     Document Type: Article

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