Scent-marking behaviour by stallions: An assessment of function in a reintroduced population of Przewalski horses (Equus ferus przewalskii)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-36

  King, S R B ^a,b   Gurnell, J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Mongolia; Paternity defence; Przewalski; Scent marking; Stallion; Takhi

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FECES; HORSE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; SCENT MARKING; URINE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS FERUS; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247373538     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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