Home-range overlap and spatial organization as indicators for territoriality among male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-235

  Wronski, Torsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bushbuck; Home range; Territoriality; Tragelaphus scriptus; Uganda

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; MALE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; UNGULATE;

TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS;

EID: 22344449164     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905006825     Document Type: Article

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