Influence of habitat on behavior of townsend's ground squirrels (Spermophilus Townsendii)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 906-918

  Sharpe, Peter B ^a,b   Van Horne, Beatrice ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Foraging; Predation risk; Predator detection; Spermophilus townsendii; Townsend's ground squirrel; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000094290     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383098     Document Type: Article

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