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- Title
Behavioural alterations as part of an agricultural edge effect.
- Authors
Shanas, U.; Shapira, I.; Sultan, H.
- Abstract
The article presents a response to the commentary on the impact of agricultural farming on predator-prey interactions in natural habitats. One author is concerned that predators other than foxes may have caused the behavioural differences in gerbil foraging across the Israel-Jordan border. A total of 30 incidents of foxes preying on gerbils caught in Sherman traps have been counted in a study in the Arava Valley. The multipredator theory suggests that anti-predator behaviour can be maintained by the presence of any predator. The study's authors agree with the commentators that their work does not show individual responses and that the gerbil species might use different foraging strategies.
- Subjects
PREDATORY animals; ANIMAL behavior; FORAGING behavior (Humans); GERBILS; FOXES; ANIMALS
- Publication
Animal Conservation, 2008, Vol 11, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
1367-9430
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00161.x