Sex-related differences in the trade-off between foraging and vigilance in a granivorous forager

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Powolny, Thibaut ^a,b   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^b   Aguilar, Astrid ^b   Eraud, Cyril ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SAFETY; FORAGER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKYLARK; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903640751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101598     Document Type: Article

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