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To dare or not to dare? Risk management by owls in a predator–prey foraging game

To dare or not to dare? Risk management by owls in a predator–prey foraging game

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To dare or not to dare? Risk management by owls in a predator–prey foraging game

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To dare or not to dare? Risk management by owls in a predator–prey foraging game

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer

Journal title

Oecologia, 2014-07, Vol.175 (3), p.825-834

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer

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Contents

In a foraging game, predators must catch elusive prey while avoiding injury. Predators manage their hunting success with behavioral tools such as habitat selection, time allocation, and perhaps daring—the willingness to risk injury to increase hunting success. A predator's level of daring should be state dependent: the hungrier it is, the more it s...

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To dare or not to dare? Risk management by owls in a predator–prey foraging game

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1554952647

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1554952647

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ISSN

0029-8549

E-ISSN

1432-1939

DOI

10.1007/s00442-014-2956-0

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