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Human Activity Dampens the Benefits of Group Size on Vigilance in Khulan (Equus hemionus) in Western China

Animals receive anti-predator benefits from social behavior. As part of a group, individuals spend less time being vigilant, and vigilance decreases with increasing group size. This phenomenon, called “the many-eyes effect”, together with the “encounter dilution effect”, is considered among the most...

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Autores principales: Wang, Mu-Yang, Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E., Xu, Wen-Xuan, Blank, David, Yang, Wei-Kang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26756993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146725