Mate availability and intruder pressure as determinants of territory size in male bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-42

  Wronski, Torsten ^a   Plath, Martin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushbuck; Resource availability; Territoriality; Uganda

Indexed keywords

TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS;

EID: 33746239600     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-006-0013-7     Document Type: Article

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