Do native Australian small mammals avoid faeces of domestic dogs? Responses of Rattus fuscipes and Antechinus stuartii

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 406-409

  Banks, Peter B ^a   Hughes, Nelika K ^a   Rose, Tania A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chemical signal exploitation; Field experiment; Odour avoidance; Predator scat; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FECES; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE RESERVE; ODOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KU-RING-GAI CHASE NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS STUARTII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 0347930608     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2002.018     Document Type: Article

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