Makin, Douglas F. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7168-4436
Kotler, Burt P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Israel Science Foundation (976/14)
Article History
Received: 3 September 2019
Revised: 3 December 2019
Accepted: 12 December 2019
First Online: 26 December 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: All experiments conducted were compliant with the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Animal Ethics Committee (IL-09-02-19(D)), IACUC guidelines and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Gerbils were released into the vivarium 4 days prior to the start of the experiment to eliminate the impacts of any human-induced stress caused during their transfer. Thus, gerbil behaviour was considered normal before any predators were allowed access to the vivarium.