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Environmental Manipulation to Avoid a Unique Predator: Drinking Hole Excavation in the Agile Wallaby, Macropus agilis

Date

Authors

Doody, J S

Sims, Rachel

Letnic, Mike

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group

Abstract

The simplest way of avoiding an ambush predator is to entirely avoid the habitat in which it hunts. However, this strategy requires that the prey species find alternative, risk-free sources of essential resources. Herein we describe a novel strategy used

Keywords

Keywords: avoidance reaction; crocodilian; excavation; marsupial; predation risk; predator; predator-prey interaction; river bank; Australasia; Australia; Daly River; Northern Territory; Alligator; Crocodylus porosus; Macropodidae; Macropus agilis

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/27959

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Ethology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01298.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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