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vigilance

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on vigilance with 45 nodes and 137 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Marmota, Yellow-bellied Marmot, Colorado East River Valley.

Definition

Head up while sitting or walking, or sitting upright on haunches and surveying surroundings

Publications (1)

article

Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots.

2016Ethology, Ecology and Evolution

vigilance

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 45 entities)

Definition

Publications (1)

Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots.

Related Concepts (8)

aestivation

phenotypic plasticity

ectotherm

flush early and avoid the rush (FEAR) hypothesis

resource allocation

activity budget

trade-offs

bout length

Frequently Associated Species

Callospermophilus lateralis

Marmota marmota

Taxidea taxus

Potentilla pulcherrima

Potentilla hippiana

Potentilla gracilis

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Odocoileus hemionus

Marmota caligata

Canis latrans