The influence of distance to burrow on flight initiation distance in the woodchuck, Marmota monax

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-303

  Bonenfant, Marjolaine ^a   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipredator behavior; escape velocity; margin of safety; Sciuridae

Indexed keywords

MARMOTA MONAX;

BURROW; FLIGHT INITIATION;

EID: 0030464981     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.299     Document Type: Article

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