Behavioural response of wild rodents to the calls of an owl: A comparative study

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 245, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 439-446

  Hendrie, Colin A ^a   Weiss, Scott M ^a,b   Eilam, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Cerebrus Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti predator defence; Anxiety; Behavioural resource depression; Predation; Stereotypy; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ELIOMYS MELANURUS; JACULUS JACULUS; MICROTUS SOCIALIS; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 0031670012     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998008073     Document Type: Article

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