Behavioural aspects of the raccoon mating system: Determinants of consortship success

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 593-601

  Gehrt, Stanley D ^a   Fritzell, Erik K ^b  

^a Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CARNIVORE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS;

CARNIVORA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0033104496     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1037     Document Type: Article

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