The Geography of Fear: A Latitudinal Gradient in Anti-Predator Escape Distances of Birds across Europe
All animals flee from potential predators, and the distance at which this happens is optimized so the benefits from staying are balanced against the costs of flight. Because predator diversity and abundance decreases with increasing latitude, and differs between rural and urban areas, we should expe...
Published in: | PLoS ONE |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLOS)
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31071 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064634 |