Scent-marking and intrasexual competition in a cooperative carnivore with low reproductive skew

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-185

  Müller, Corsin A ^a   Manser, Marta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAMMAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SCENT MARKING;

CARNIVORA; HERPESTIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUNGOS MUNGO; RODENTIA;

EID: 38149056403     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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