Functional aspects of marking behavior by male roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 558-567

  Johansson, Agneta ^a   Liberg, Olof ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; marking; roe deer; rubbing; scraping; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 0029738497     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382829     Document Type: Article

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