Experimental analysis of behaviour of meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) to odours of the short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea)

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Parsons, Glen Joseph ^a   Bondrup Nielsen, Søren ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Experiment; Laboratory; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Mustela erminea; Odours; Outdoor enclosure; Predator

Indexed keywords

PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WEASEL ODOUR;

MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MUSTELA ERMINEA;

EID: 0029661258     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682316     Document Type: Article

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