Scent-marking by male mammals: Cheat-proof signals to competitors and mates

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue , 2001, Pages 169-217

  Gosling, L M ^a   Roberts, S C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3454(01)80007-3     Document Type: Article

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