The Role of Scent-marking in Patchy and Highly Fragmented Populations of the Cabrera Vole (Microtus cabrerae Thomas, 1906)

Rodent scent-marking is often used for territorial defense 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 cost...

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Main Author: Gomes, Luis (author)
Other Authors: Mira, António (author), Barata, Eduardo Nuno (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/10085
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/10085