Effects of predatory risk and resource renewal on the timing of foraging activity in a gerbil community

The foraging decisions of animals are often influenced by risk of predation and by the renewal of resources. For example, seed-eating gerbils on sand dunes in the Negev Desert of Israel prefer to forage in the bush microhabitat and during darker hours due to risk of predation. Also, daily renewal of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oecologia 1994-12, Vol.100 (4), p.391-396
Hauptverfasser: Kotler, B.P. (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus (Israel). Jacob Blaustein Inst. for Desert Research. Mitrani Center for Desert Ecology), Ayal, Y, Subach, A
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