Puma communication behaviours: Understanding functional use and variation among sex and age classes

Behaviour

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 819-840

  Allen, Maximilian L ^a   Wittmer, Heiko U ^a   Wilmers, Christopher C ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behaviour; communication; puma; Puma concolor; reproduction strategy; scent marking; scraping; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899054691     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003173     Document Type: Article

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