37 research outputs found
A minimum鈥恑mpact, flexible tool to study vocal communication of small animals with precise individual鈥恖evel resolution
No full textMovement and Occurrence of Two Elephant Herds in a Human-Dominated Landscape, the B茅nou茅 Wildlife Conservation Area, Cameroon
No full textFirst description of migration and wintering of adult Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus
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Implications of assumption violation in density estimates of antelope from dung-heap counts: a case study on grey duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) in Zimbabwe
No full textSatellite tracking of Mongolian gazelles (Procapra gutturosa) and habitat shifts in their seasonal ranges
No full textSpatial ecology of the mulgara in arid Australia: impact of fire history on home range size and burrow use
No full textFirst Evaluation of Different Captive Rearing Techniques for the Re-Establishment of the Red Legged Partridge Populations
No full textThe effects of population density and sociality on scent marking in the yellow mongoose
Full text linkWe investigated scent marking behaviour in the yellow mongoose Cynictis penicillata, focusing on a low-density population where all offspring dispersed upon reaching sexual maturity. Dominant males appeared to be the main territory defenders and demarcators, with offspring foraging and marking only near the territory cores. The cheek-marking rates of dominant males increased during the breeding season and may have been involved in olfactory mate guarding. We compared our low-density population with a high-density population displaying natal philopatry. The two populations differed markedly in terms of individual contributions to territorial marking, as subordinate group members in the low-density population performed almost no territorial marking or defence, but were the primary scent-markers and territory defenders in the high-density population. We discuss scent-marking distinctions between populations in the context of ecological and social differences
