Tail-flagging and other antipredator signals in white-tailed deer: New data and synthesis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 442-450

  Caro, T M ^a   Lombardo, Leslie ^b   Goldizen, A W ^c   Kelly, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Bound; Foot stamp; Odocoileus virginianus; Pursuit deterrence; Signals; Snort; Tail fla; Tail flick; White tailed deer. Behav Ecol 6: 442 450 (1995)

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; FOOT STAMPING; PURSUIT DETERRENCE; SIGNAL; TAIL FLAGGING; WARNING BEHAVIOUR; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0028995644     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/6.4.442     Document Type: Article

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