Scent-marking by coyotes, Canis latrans: The influence of social and ecological factors

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1155-1166

  Gese, Eric M ^a,b   Ruff, Robert L ^a,c  

^a St Luke's Sinai Samaritan Med C   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COYOTE; DEFECATION; SCENT MARKING; TERRITORIALITY; URINATION;

LAMAR RIVER VALLEY; USA; WOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0030687529     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0561     Document Type: Article

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