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Reference Base  Olfactory communication in southern white rhinoceros (Cer... |
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Olfactory communication in southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) - observations and trials on free ranging rhinos at the Game Breeding Centre in Lichtenburg, South Africa |
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Kluge, D.; Kretzschmar, P.; Ganslosser, U. |
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2009 |
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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin |
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p. 112 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour
White Rhino
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| Olfactory communication plays an important role in the reproduction of white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum simum). The alpha-bull marks his territory and hence his mating privilege with faeces and urine marks (Scent- matching- hypothesis). In situation were there is no competitor for the bull and n... |
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