The function of facial masks in "midguild" carnivores

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 623-633

  Newman, C ^a   Buesching, C D ^a   Wolff, J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; CARNIVORE; COLOR;

EID: 14844289531     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13399.x     Document Type: Article

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