Lateral display as a combat tactic in Richardson's ground squirrel Spermophilus richardsonii

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-134

  Pellis, Sergio M ^a   MacDonald, Neala L ^a,b   Michener, Gail R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combat tactic; Lateral maneuver; Squirrels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030541309     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1996)22:2<119::AID-AB5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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