Snake harassment in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris): variation in anti-predator behaviours, predator discrimination and venom resistance in a facultative cooperative breeder.

Predator harassment is an anti-predator behaviour that may increase a harasser’s risk of predation but decrease the potential for predation for other members of a group. The Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) is a facultative cooperative breeder from southern Africa that harasses venomous snakes....

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Main Author: Phillips, Molly A.
Other Authors: Waterman, Jane (Biological Sciences)
Published: Toxicon 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/9223