Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 3. Intrasexual overmarking in females

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-60

  Jordan, Neil R ^a   Mwanguhya, Francis ^a,b,e   Kyabulima, Solomon ^a,b,e   Rüedi, Peter ^c   Hodge, Sarah J ^d   Cant, Michael A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QENP   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e Queen Elizabeth National Park   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Banded mongoose; Communication; Competition; Female; Intrasexual; Mating success; Mungos mungo; Olfactory; Overmark; Scent mark

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; MATE GUARDING; MATING SUCCESS; OLFACTORY CUE; SCENT MARKING;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MUNGOS MUNGO;

EID: 78650213866     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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