Risk assessment in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae): intensity of behavioral response differs with predator species

Abstract Background The ability of a prey species to assess the risk that a predator poses can have important fitness advantages for the prey species. To better understand predator–prey interactions, more species need to be observed to determine how prey behavioral responses differ in intensity when...

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Main Authors: Wanrong Wei, Qiaoyan Zhen, Zhongmin Tang, Maria K. Oosthuizen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Subjects:
FID
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-020-00309-3