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Do Lions Panthera leo Actively Select Prey or Do Prey Preferences Simply Reflect Chance Responses via Evolutionary Adaptations to Optimal Foraging?

Research on coursing predators has revealed that actions throughout the predatory behavioral sequence (using encounter rate, hunting rate, and kill rate as proxy measures of decisions) drive observed prey preferences. We tested whether similar actions drive the observed prey preferences of a stalkin...

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Autores principales: Hayward, Matt W., Hayward, Gina J., Tambling, Craig J., Kerley, Graham I. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21915261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023607