Conspicuous Animals Remain Alert When Under Cover but Do Not Differ in the Temporal Course of Vigilance from Less Conspicuous Species
Conspicuousness increases the risk of predation. One strategy to reduce this risk is to increase vigilance. We investigated the frequency of head movements as a measure of vigilance at waterholes in two related songbird species that differed in their conspicuousness: the Gouldian finch and the long-...
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Main Authors: | Gerhard Hofmann, Claudia Mettke-Hofmann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-01-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/2/214 |
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