Footdrumming and other anti-predator responses in the bannertail kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 187-194

  Randall, Jan A ^a   Stevens, Claudia M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0001235630     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00299732     Document Type: Article

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