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The Importance of Predation Risk and Missed Opportunity Costs for Context-Dependent Foraging Patterns

Correct assessment of risks and costs of foraging is vital for the fitness of foragers. Foragers should avoid predation risk and balance missed opportunities. In risk-heterogeneous landscapes animals prefer safer locations over riskier, constituting a landscape of fear. Risk-uniform landscapes do no...

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Autores principales: Eccard, Jana A., Liesenjohann, Thilo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4014466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24809666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094107