Predator evasion by white-tailed deer fawns

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-65

  Grovenburg, Troy W ^a   Monteith, Kevin L ^b   Klaver, Robert W ^c   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Behavioural flexibility; Coyote; Fawn; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; DEER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

GREAT PLAINS;

CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UNGULATA;

EID: 84862672760     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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