Risky business: do native rodents use habitat and odor cues to manage predation risk in Australian deserts?
In open, arid environments with limited shelter there may be strong selection on small prey species to develop behaviors that facilitate predator avoidance. Here, we predicted that rodents should avoid predator odor and open habitats to reduce their probability of encounter with potential predators,...
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| Médium: | Článek |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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| Edice: | PLoS ONE |
| On-line přístup: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0090566&type=printable |