Individual variation in the antisnake behavior of California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 294-310

  Coss, Richard G ^a   Biardi, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Canonical correlation analysis; Gopher snakes; Ground squirrels; Individual variation; Rattlesnakes; Spermophilus beecheyi; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; PREDATION; REPTILE;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS OREGANUS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PITUOPHIS; PITUOPHIS CATENIFER CATENIFER; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; REPTILIA; SCIURIDAE; SERPENTES; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI;

EID: 0031544652     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382883     Document Type: Review

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