dc.contributor.author | Gosling, L. M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-07T09:39:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-07T09:39:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1981 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gosling, L. M. (1981). Demarkation in a gerenuk territory: an economic approach. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 56(4), 305-322. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1981.tb01304.x/abstract | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/73706 | |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | Demarkation In A Gerenuk Territory: An Economic Approach | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en | en_US |