Ontogeny of antipredator behaviour in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-48

  Medill, S A ^a   Renard, A ^b   Lariviere S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipredator defence behaviour; aposematism; mammalian chemical defence; Mephitis mephitis; multimodal displays; ontogeny; warning signals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CAPTIVITY; CARNIVORE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COLOR MORPH; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; JUVENILE; MAMMAL; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLFACTORY CUE; ONTOGENY; SIGNAL; SURVIVAL;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 78751539979     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2010.529826     Document Type: Article

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