Cues from a common predator cause survival-linked behavioral adjustments in Mojave Desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)
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Date Issued
2017Common Name
0340-5443, 1432-0762Journal
Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyVolume
71Issue
10Start page
158
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-017-2387-0Abstract
Animals are expected to engage in behavioral decision-making that minimizes their risk of predation; these decisions can cause non-lethal predator effects to behavior and spatial use. Our goal was to determine whether non-lethal effects of a common predator, coyotes (Canis latrans), could affect the behavior of a declining reptile, the Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), hereafter tortoise....Type
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Copyright © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germanyae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s00265-017-2387-0
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