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Selection of food patches by sympatric herbivores in response to concealment and distance from a refuge

Small herbivores face risks of predation while foraging and are often forced to trade off food quality for safety. Life history, behaviour, and habitat of predator and prey can influence these trade‐offs. We compared how two sympatric rabbits (pygmy rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis; mountain cottontai...

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Autores principales: Crowell, Miranda M., Shipley, Lisa A., Camp, Meghan J., Rachlow, Janet L., Forbey, Jennifer S., Johnson, Timothy R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4803802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1940