Scent marking as resource defense by female Lemur catta

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 605-621

  Mertl Millhollen, Anne S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lemur catta; Resource defense; Scent marking; Territory

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PHILOPATRY; PRIMATE; SCENT MARKING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LEMUR; ODORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

BERENTY RESERVE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA;

EID: 33745573093     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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