Analyzing the proximity to cover in a landscape of fear: a new approach applied to fine-scale habitat use by rabbits facing feral cat predation on Kerguelen archipelago

Although proximity to cover has been routinely considered as an explanatory variable in studies investigating prey behavioral adjustments to predation pressure, the way it shapes risk perception still remains equivocal. This paradox arises from both the ambivalent nature of cover as potentially both...

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Main Authors: Pierrick Blanchard, Christine Lauzeral, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Dominique Pontier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1769.pdf