Response of gray-tailed voles to odours of a mustelid predator: A field test

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 543-548

  Wolff, Jerry O ^a   Davis Born, Renee ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS CANICAUDUS; MURIDAE; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

GREY-TAILED VOLE; HABITAT PREFERENCE; ODOUR RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 0030617603     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546898     Document Type: Article

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