Scent marking in a territorial African antelope: I. The maintenance of borders between male oribi

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Brashares, Justin S ^a   Arcese, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; SCENT MARKING; TERRITORIALITY; UNGULATE;

OUREBIA OUREBI;

EID: 0033007195     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0941     Document Type: Article

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