Relating flight initiation distance in birds to tropical dry forest restoration

ABSTRACT Flight initiation distance (FID), defined as the distance at which an individual flees from an approaching predator, might depend on how the individual perceives the risk of being predated. Using a standardized walking approach method on focal bird individuals, we investigated whether diffe...

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Main Authors: Marcela Osorio-Beristain, Ángeles Rodríguez, Cristina Martínez-Garza, Raúl Ernesto Alcalá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2018-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702018000100302&lng=en&tlng=en