Giant panda scent-marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface
@article{Nie2012GiantPS, title={Giant panda scent-marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface}, author={Yonggang Nie and Ronald R. Swaisgood and Zejun Zhang and Yibo Hu and Yisheng Ma and Fuwen Wei}, journal={Animal Behaviour}, year={2012}, volume={84}, pages={39-44} }
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