Changes in fox squirrel anti-predator behaviors across the urban-rural gradient

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-493

  Mccleery, Robert A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Squirrel; Urban; Urban rural gradient; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CANID; HABITUATION; RAPTOR; RODENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VIGILANCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CANIS LATRANS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER;

EID: 61849132848     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9323-2     Document Type: Article

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