Do Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) discriminate between olfactory cues in the faeces of predators versus non-predators?

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-138

  Belton, Lydia E ^a   Ball, Nick ^a   Waterman, Jane M ^b   Bateman, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Odour; Predator prey; Sociality; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BURROW; OLFACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIGILANCE;

CONNOCHAETES GNOU; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 34249323393     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[135:DCGSXI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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