Mechanisms of the group-size effect on vigilance in Columbian ground squirrels: dilution versus detection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-123

  Fairbanks, Bonnie ^a   Dobson, F Stephen ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbian ground squirrel; dilution versus detection; group size effect; Spermophilus columbianus; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; GROUP SIZE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; VIGILANCE;

COLUMBIA [MISSOURI]; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845750117     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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