Odorant Source Used in Eurasian Beaver Territory Marking
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- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 27 (12) , 2471-2491
Abstract
Mammals use urine, feces, or the secretion of specialized skin glands to mark their territories. These sources can carry different information and, thus, have different functions. Presently it is not...Keywords
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