Mapping the landscape of fear of the cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1162-1169

  Van Der Merwe, Marius ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b  

^a DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape ground squirrel; Foraging; Giving up density; Habitat assessment; Landscape of fear; Predation risk; Xerus inauris

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; MICROCLIMATE; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; AUGRABIES FALLS NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 55249123431     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-035.1     Document Type: Article

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