Scent marking in meadow voles and prairie voles: A test of three hypotheses

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 1319-1336

  Ferkin, M H ^a   Mech, S G ^a   Paz Y Mino G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 0035567172     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901317367618     Document Type: Article

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