The geography of fear: a latitudinal gradient in anti-predator escape distances of birds across Europe.

All animals flee from potential predators, and the distance at which this happens is optimized so the benefits from staying are balanced against the costs of flight. Because predator diversity and abundance decreases with increasing latitude, and differs between rural and urban areas, we should expe...

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Main Authors: Mario Díaz, Anders Pape Møller, Einar Flensted-Jensen, Tomáš Grim, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo, Jukka Jokimäki, Gábor Markó, Piotr Tryjanowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3665823?pdf=render