Scent-marking of giant otter in the Southern Pantanal, Brazil

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-216

  Leuchtenberger, Caroline ^b   Mourão, Guilherme ^a,b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; MUSTELID; POSTURE; SCENT MARKING;

PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; PTERONURA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 59149090660     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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