Refuge sites of voles under owl predation risk: Priority of dominant individuals?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-266

  Koivunen, Vesa ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a   Hakkarainen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dominance relationships; Field voles; Habitat familiarity; Predation risk; Prey choice; Rodents; Tengmalm's owls

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HABITAT QUALITY; PREDATION RISK; REFUGIUM;

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0031838716     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.3.261     Document Type: Article

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