Perceptual cues used by beavers foraging on woody plants

Patches alternating three trembling aspen saplings and three red maple saplings were established to determine how beavers initially recognize a prey species of woody plants. Beavers appeared to used visual cues for coarse discrimination of prey.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Animal behaviour 1994-06, Vol.47 (6), p.1482-1484
Hauptverfasser:	DOUCET, C. M, WALTON, R. A, FRYXELL, J. M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Animal ethology Beavers Biological and medical sciences Castor canadensis Flowers & plants Freshwater Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Mammalia Predation Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Vertebrata
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Zusammenfassung:	Patches alternating three trembling aspen saplings and three red maple saplings were established to determine how beavers initially recognize a prey species of woody plants. Beavers appeared to used visual cues for coarse discrimination of prey.
ISSN:	0003-3472 1095-8282
DOI:	10.1006/anbe.1994.1200