Handstand Scent Marking in the Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 575-583

  Sharpe, Lynda L ^a,b   Jooste, Matthys M ^a   Cherry, Michael I ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; FELID; SCENT MARKING; WILD POPULATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CARNIVORA; HELOGALE PARVULA; HYLOBATIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84861215309     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02045.x     Document Type: Article

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