Age Differences in the Response of California Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) to Avian and Mammalian Predators

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-184

  Hanson, Mark T ^a,b   Coss, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOG; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BIRDS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOGS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031157040     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.2.174     Document Type: Article

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