Pursuit-Deterrent Communication between Prey Animals and Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus): The Response of Snakes to Harassment Displays - Clark, Rulon W. (Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 2005)
Keywords: Amphibia and reptilia; Animal ethology; Behavior; Biological and medical sciences; Crotalus horridus; Foraging; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Harassment; Hunting; Mammals; Predators; Prey; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Rodents; Signals; Snakes; Squirrels; Timber; Vertebrata; United States; North America; America; Predator prey relation; Feeding behavior; Predatory behavior; Anti-predator display; Ophidia; Prey; Vertebrata; Signal; Pursuit-deterrent signal; Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus); Gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis); Reptilia; Predator; Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus); Predator-prey communication; Field study