Title:

Scent marking behaviour and social organization in the Indian soft-furred field-rat

Creator:

Idris, M. ; Prakash, I.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1987

Description:

Social behaviour of soft-furred field-rat. Rattus meltada pallidior (Reyley, 1914) was studied in seminatural condition of a large rattery (13x7m). Hourly observations, continued for 30 evenings, revealed that the male metads were more active and performed all the aggressive acts like fighting and chasing at a significantly higher frequency than the females.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

scent marking behaviour ; Rattus meltada pallidior ; social organization ; znakowanie zapachowe ; struktura socjalna ; gryzonie ; zachowania terytorialne ; zachowania reprodukcyjne

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

32

Issue:

19

Start page:

315

End page:

323

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.87-22

Source:

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Language:

eng ; sum. eng. ; pol.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open