Chemosensory recognition by males of the desert pocket mouse, chaetodipus pencillatus to odors of various species of snakes

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-89

  Punzo, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaetodipus; Chemosensory recognition; Olfactory cues; Predator scent

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SNAKE;

CHAETODIPUS; CHAETODIPUS PENICILLATUS; CROTALUS ATROX; ELAPHE; HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA; MAMMALIA; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; PITUOPHIS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCAS; SERPENTES;

EID: 18444407811     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2005.9522618     Document Type: Article

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