Threat of predation: Do ungulates behave aggressively towards different members of a coyote pack?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 499-503

  Gese, Eric M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; BISON BISON; CANIS LATRANS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0033306028     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-232     Document Type: Article

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