Ecological drivers of antipredator defenses in carnivores

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1415-1425

  Stankowich, Theodore ^a   Haverkamp, Paul J ^b   Caro, Tim ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal secretions; Antipredator; Birds of prey; Carnivora; Predation risk; Sociality

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; CARNIVORA; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARNIVORA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84899900440     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12356     Document Type: Article

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