Scent marks as reliable signals of the competitive ability of mates

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 727-735

  Rich, Tracey J ^a   Hurst, Jane L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; MATE CHOICE; RODENT; SCENT MARKING;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032168566     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0803     Document Type: Article

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