Overmarking behaviour of zebra males no scent masking, but a group cohesion function across three species

Among many hypotheses in the literature that explain overmarking in mammals, most studies favour a sexual selection hypothesis. However, results in the literature are conflicting. In this study, we tested two hypotheses that could explain overmarking by males: (i) as a part of sexual selection, more...

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Published in:	Behavioral ecology and sociobiology Vol. 73; no. 10; pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors:	Pluháček, Jan, Tučková, Vladimíra, King, Sarah R. B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Science + Business Media 01-10-2019 Springer Berlin Heidelberg Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Age Animal Ecology Animal populations Behavioral Sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Categories Cohesion Females Hypotheses Life Sciences Males Mammals Masking ORIGINAL ARTICLE Sex Sexual selection Species Zoology Competition Marking behaviour Olfactory communication Scent marking Defecation
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