Seasonal differences in territorial behavior by golden jackals in Bangladesh: Howling versus confrontation

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 768-775

  Jaeger, Michael M ^a,c   Pandit, Rajat K ^b   Haque, Emdadul ^b  

^a U States Department of Agriculture   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

approach; Bangladesh; Canis aureus; denning; howling; jackals; passive territory maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029957491     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382682     Document Type: Article

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