The role of scent-marking in patchy and highly fragmented populations of the Cabrera ole (Microtus cabrerae Thomas, 1906)
Rodent scent-marking is often used for territorial defence and self-advertisement, and both functions often entail the continuous scent-marking of a large area with high costs. In species with highly-fragmented populations and low density, in which the likelihood of social encounters is low, the cos...
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| Language: | eng |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/8832 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/8832 |