ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] There are two reasons why it has proved difficult to obtain reliable evidence that the grouping of prey animals reduces the risk of predation by a simple dilution effect. First, predation attempts, particularly on vertebrate prey, tend to be relatively rare and it is therefore difficult to quantify ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/293466a0