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Hunted Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix poeppigii) Show Threat-Sensitive Responses to Human Presence

Responding only to individuals of a predator species which display threatening behaviour allows prey species to minimise energy expenditure and other costs of predator avoidance, such as disruption of feeding. The threat sensitivity hypothesis predicts such behaviour in prey species. If hunted anima...

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Autores principales: Papworth, Sarah, Milner-Gulland, E. J., Slocombe, Katie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23614003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062000