Kinship does not affect vigilance in Columbian ground squirrels (Urocitellus columbianus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-270

  Fairbanks, B M ^a,c   Dobson, F S ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROUP SIZE; KINSHIP; NEPOTISM; RODENT; VIGILANCE;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 77649089568     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-001     Document Type: Article

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