Scent-marking frequency in southern Kalahari leopards

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作者
Bothma, JD [1 ]
Coertze, RJ
机构
[1] Univ Pretoria, Ctr Wildlife Management, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
[2] Univ Pretoria, Dept Anim & Wildlife Sci, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
来源
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH | 2004年 / 34卷 / 02期
关键词
Kalahari; leopards; Panthera pardus; scent-marking;
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
The scent-marking frequency of adult leopards when spraying urine and clawing trees was studied in the southern Kalahari. Between the leopard classes, males scent-marked significantly more frequently than females with and without cubs. Males spray-urinated 2.3 times as often as females without cubs and 5.9 as often as females with cubs. Moreover, in males, scent-marking increased significantly on days preceding mating and when mating occurred. Spray-urination is a more frequent form of scent-marking than tree-clawing. The leopards also roll in their own urine and that of gemsbok.
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页码:163 / 169
页数:7
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