Territoriality ensures paternity in a solitary carnivore mammal
Abstract In solitary carnivorous mammals, territoriality is assumed to benefit male fitness by ensuring the exclusivity of matings within territories via mate guarding and female defence. However, this hypothesis remains empirically untested. Here, we examined this hypothesis for solitary territoria...
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Auteurs principaux: | Francisco Palomares, María Lucena-Pérez, José Vicente López-Bao, José Antonio Godoy |
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2017
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