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    Demarkation In A Gerenuk Territory: An Economic Approach

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    Date
    1981
    Author
    Gosling, L. M.
    Type
    Article; en
    Language
    en
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    Abstract
    Patterns of antorbital gland marking by a free-living territorial male gerenuk were investigated in two-week periods in two consecutive years. Marks were removed after the first year and an experimental replicate thus obtained in the second. Marks occurred on conspicuous twigs and 40 % overhung game trails. Most occurred on plants that were frequently eaten. Their height averaged (± SD) 115.2 ± 8.5 and 116.4 ± 10.8 cm in the two years. The spatial distribution of marks, measured using nearest neighbour distances, was significantly non-random. Marks formed an irregular ‘oval’ shape with occasional radiating arms. The results were consistent with predictions based on a model that assumed increasing advantage to the male in marking a larger area, a limited capacity for marking (finite supply of secretion, limited time available, etc.) and the need for marks to be easily detected.
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    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1981.tb01304.x/abstract
    http://hdl.handle.net/11295/73706
    Citation
    Gosling, L. M. (1981). Demarkation in a gerenuk territory: an economic approach. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 56(4), 305-322.
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    University of Nairobi
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