Risk assessment by grasshopper mice (Onychomys spp.) feeding on neurotoxic prey (Centruroides spp.)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 725-734

  Rowe, Ashlee H ^a,d   Rowe, Matthew P ^b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sam Houston State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREY SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; TOXICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ARTHROPODA; CENTRUROIDES; GRYLLIDAE; INSECTA; LYCHAS; ONYCHOMYS; SCORPIONES; VAEJOVIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644636669     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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