Mating Behaviors, Courtship Rank and Mating Success of Male Feral Cat (Felis catus)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-44

  Yamane, Akihiro ^a,b   Doi, Teruo ^a   Ono, Yuiti ^a,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KITAKYUSHU MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND HUMAN HISTORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0002105034     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02350090     Document Type: Article

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