Interspecific variation in antipredator behaviour leads to differential vulnerability of mule deer and white-tailed deer fawns early in life

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1140-1149

  Lingle, Susan ^a,b   Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Wilson, W Finbarr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive defence; Cooperation; Predation risk; Temporal variation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; DEER; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33845524010     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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