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Lazarus, J.
Predator monitoring in Thomson's gazelle
1992  SWRC Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre Scientific Report: 27-28

The study of anti-predator behaviour has revealed adaptive variability in the vigilant behaviour shown by prey in the absence of predators, and in defensive tactics under attack. In particular, studies of cheetahs and gazelles conducted by Dr. C. FitzGibbon in the 1980s have shown complex ways in which prey escape predation and signal to predators.

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