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stotting: a standalone construct

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stotting1 CONSTRUCTStottingCARO · BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY

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Behavioural ecology

stiff-legged high leaping by gazelles and other ungulates in view of a predator, tested as a signal to the predator.

In behavioural ecology, stotting refers to stiff-legged high leaping by gazelles and other ungulates in view of a predator, tested as a signal to the predator. This meaning comes from Caro (1986) in Animal Behaviour.[1]

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References

  1. Caro, T. M. (1986). The functions of stotting in Thomson's gazelles: some tests of the predictions. Animal Behaviour, 34(3), 663-684. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-3472(86)80052-5

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