Direction of predator approach and the decision to flee to a refuge

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-295

  Kramer, Donald L ^a   Bonenfant, Marjolaine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA MONAX; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0031214946     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0360     Document Type: Article

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