Female territoriality and the function of scent-marking in a monogamous antelope (Oreotragus oreotragus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 417-423

  Roberts, S Craig ^a   Dunbar, Robin I M ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Klipspringer; Monogamy; Olfaction; Status signal; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; SCENT MARKING; TERRITORIALITY;

KENYA; ZIMBABWE;

ANTELOPE; MAMMALIA; OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS;

EID: 0034077991     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050685     Document Type: Article

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