The social function of allo-marking in the European badger (Meles meles)

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 965-980

  Buesching, C D ^a   Stopka, P ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346307154     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903322589597     Document Type: Article

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