Ontogeny of black-footed ferret predatory behavior towards prairie dogs

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1696-1704

  Vargas, Astrid ^a   Anderson, Stanley H ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LEARNING; ONTOGENY; PREDATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; CRICETINAE; CYNOMYS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0032457216     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-100     Document Type: Article

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