Scent marking and social communication

Animal Communication Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 219-244

  Hurst, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511610363.014     Document Type: Chapter

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