When the ghost of predation has passed: Do rodents from islands with and without fox predators exhibit aversion to fox cues?

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-345

  Orrock, John L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CANID; CHEMICAL CUE; HORSE; ISLAND; OLFACTORY CUE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PREDATION; PREDATOR CONTROL; RODENT;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; EQUIDAE; RODENTIA; UROCYON LITTORALIS;

EID: 77951239482     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01740.x     Document Type: Article

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