Quantifying predation risk for refuging animals: A case study with golden marmots

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-516

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE; REFUGING; RISK ESTIMATION;

MARMOTA CAUDATA; MARMOTA CAUDATA AUREA;

EID: 0031814495     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00086.x     Document Type: Article

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