Behavioural responses to scent marks of increasing age in Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 585-592

  Roberts, S C ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; SCENT MARKING; TERRITORIALITY; UNGULATE;

OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS;

EID: 0031856692     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00093.x     Document Type: Article

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