Scent marking within and between groups of wild banded mongooses

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-83

  Jordan, N R ^a   Mwanguhya, F ^a,b   Kyabulima, S ^a,b   Ruedi P ^c   Cant, M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QENP   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Intrasexual competition; Mungos mungo; Reproduction; Scent marking; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRATION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SCENT MARKING; SMALL MAMMAL; TERRITORIALITY; WILD POPULATION;

CARNIVORA; MUNGOS MUNGO;

EID: 73349102486     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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