Scent marking and responses to male castor fluid by beavers

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 191-203

  Schulte, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Behavior; Castor canadensis; New York; Scent mark; Territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000227008     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382854     Document Type: Article

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