Physiological response of the European hedgehog to predator and nonpredator odour

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1469-1472

  Ward, Jane F ^a   MacDonald, David W ^a   Doncaster, C Patrick ^a,c   Mauget, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Effect of captivity; Erinaceus europaeus; Foraging decisions; Hedgehog; Meles meles; Metabolic rate; Predation risk; Predator odour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEDGEHOG; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030561440     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00245-4     Document Type: Article

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