The function of contrasting pelage markings in artiodactyls

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-84

  Caro, Tim ^a   Stankowich, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Color patches; Intraspecific communication; Pursuit deterrence; Signals; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; CRYPSIS; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENT; SIGNAL; UNGULATE;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 72649098411     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp165     Document Type: Article

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