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Indirect influence of large carnivores on ungulates' behavior and physiology in forests of middle Europe

2011/01/B/NZ8/04337

Keywords:

predation ecology of fear stress hormones anti-predatory behavior population regulation

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Instytut Biologii Ssaków PAN

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Krzysztof Schmidt 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 1 - announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded: 332 300 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2011-12-09

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2014-12-08

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. laptop (3 000 PLN)
  2. odbiornik GPS (2 600 PLN)
  3. fotopułapki (52 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. What cues do ungulates use to assess predation risk in dense temperate forests?
    Authors:
    D.P.J. Kuijper, M. Vermijmeren, M. Churski, A. Zbyryt, K. Schmidt, B. Jedrzejewska, C. Smit
    Academic press:
    PloS ONE (rok: 2014, tom: 9, strony: e84607), Wydawca: PLOS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0084607 - link to the publication
  2. Behavioural responses of ungulates to indirect cues of an ambush predator
    Authors:
    C.Wikenros, D.P.J. Kuijper, R. Behnke, K. Schmidt
    Academic press:
    Behaviour (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Brill
    Status:
    Accepted for publication