A hypothetico-deductive approach to assessing the social function of chemical signalling in a non-territorial solitary carnivore

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Clapham, Melanie ^a   Nevin, Owen T ^a   Ramsey, Andrew D ^a   Rosell, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAR; BREEDING; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; URSIDAE;

EID: 84859958846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035404     Document Type: Article

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