Artificial visual obstruction, antipredator vigilance, and predator detection in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 13-14, 1997, Pages 1101-1114

  Arenz, Cody L ^a   Leger, Daniel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0031517959     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00421     Document Type: Article

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