Do Eurasian Beavers Smear their Pelage with Castoreum and Anal Gland Secretion
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- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 28 (8) , 1697-1701
Abstract
The scent-matching hypothesis postulates that scent marks provide an olfactory link between a resident owner and his territory, and that this enables intruding animals to recognize the chance of...Keywords
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