Aposematic behaviour in the striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 986-992

  Lariviere, Serge ^a   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 0030468920     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01176.x     Document Type: Article

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