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SUBMITTER: Spencer EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3938783 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Spencer Emma E EE Crowther Mathew S MS Dickman Christopher R CR
PloS one 20140228 2
In open, arid environments with limited shelter there may be strong selection on small prey species to develop behaviors that facilitate predator avoidance. Here, we predicted that rodents should avoid predator odor and open habitats to reduce their probability of encounter with potential predators, and tested our predictions using a native Australian desert rodent, the spinifex hopping-mouse (Notomys alexis). We tested the foraging and movement responses of N. alexis to non-native predator (fox ...[more]