Vigilance during food handling in grey squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-158

  Makowska, I Joanna ^a   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipredator defence; foraging; grey squirrel; perception; Sciuridae; Sciurus carolinensis; vigilance; vision

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; RODENT; VIGILANCE; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; HELIANTHUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 34347232731     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.019     Document Type: Article

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