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vigilance behavior

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 24 | Mentions: 25

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Definition

Time allocation to scanning for predators versus other activities like foraging, measured through specific postures and head orientations

Related Terms (20)

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Publications (25)

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Behavioral responses of white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) to synthesized nonlinear phenomena

2012measured
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Do mule deer respond to the sounds of their predators?

2012measured
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The effect of human activity on the vigilance rates of <i>Spermophilis lateralis</i> and <i>Tamias minimus</i>

2012central
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Quantifying human disturbance on antipredator behavior and flush initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots

2011Applied Animal Behaviour Sciencecentral
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Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) alarm calls

2011measured
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Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

2010central
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Vigilance in the golden-mantled ground squirrel (<i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>): effect of age and distance to human-created structures

2010central
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The Landscape of Fear and Trophic Cascades: Does Human Presence at RMBL Affect Deer Behavior?

2010measured
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Willow branch selection by the red-naped sapsucker (<i>Sphyrapicus nuchalis</i>): The effects of branch characteristics on foraging behavior in Gothic, CO

2010measured
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Variation in vigilance of yellow-bellied marmots due to predator pressure

2009central
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The importance of parasitism and body condition in explaining variation in anti-predator vigilance in the yellow bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2008central
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Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

2006measured
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Antipredatory response of mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) to predator urines

2005measured
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Heart rates of free-ranging yellow-bellied marmots

2003International Network on Marmotsmeasured
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Behavioral responses of yellow-bellied marmots to birds and mammals

2003Oecologia Montanacentral