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| Title: | Scent-marking in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) as a means of territory defense |
| Authors: | Rosell, Frank
Bergan, Frode
Parker, Howard |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| Publishers version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022524223435 |
| Abstract: | Beaver (Castor spp.) normally scent mark by depositing castoreum and/or anal
gland secretion on scent mounds close to the water's edge. The aim of this study was to
investigate the hypothesis that the Eurasian beaver (C. fiber) scent marks as a means of
territory defense. Scent marking behavior was studied during an entire year (1 April 1995 -
31 March 1996) in 7 adjacent territories along 9.2 km of the Bø River in Telemark County,
Norway. The number and location of fresh scent marks were recorded biweekly. The main
results showed that:1) the number of scent marks in territories was significantly higher in
spring, when dispersal of subadults normally occurs, than during the rest of the year; 2) the
number of scent marks was clumped near territorial borders; and 3) the number of scent
marks were significantly greater upstream than downstream of the lodge. |
| Keywords: | Beavers
Scent marking
Castoreum
Scent mound
Territorial behavior
Anal gland secretion |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Document type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2282/331 |
| Appears in Collections: | Institutt for natur-, helse- og miljøvernfag
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