Tail-flicking, tail-flagging, and tail position in ungulates with special reference to black-tailed deer

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 875-885

  Stankowich, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 49349092651     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01530.x     Document Type: Article

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