Armed and dangerous: Predicting the presence and function of defensive weaponry in mammals

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-43

  Stankowich, Theodore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anal glands; Armor; horns; spines; tusks; venom

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84856613664     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712311426798     Document Type: Review

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