Why are Utah prairie dogs vigilant?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 555-563

  Manno, Theodore G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys; Detection; Group size effect; Infanticide; Lactation; Mate guarding; Prairie dog; Predation; Social monitoring; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

CANID; DETECTION METHOD; GROUP SIZE; INFANTICIDE; MATE GUARDING; PREDATION; SIZE EFFECT; VIGILANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS PARVIDENS;

EID: 34347246001     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-230R.1     Document Type: Article

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