Is there a trade-off between scent marking and hunting behaviour in a stalking predator, the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx?
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- 作者：Kristina Vogta ; b ; k.vogt@kora.ch" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Elizabeth Hofera ; 1 ; Andreas Rysera ; 1 ; Mathias Kö ; llikerb ; 2 ; Urs Breitenmosera ; c ; 1
- 关键词：communication ; eavesdropping ; GPS-telemetry ; Lynx lynx ; predation ; scent marking ; snow tracking
- 刊名：Animal Behaviour
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：July 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：117
- 期：Complete
- 页码：59-68
- 全文大小：467 K
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Lynx prefer conspicuous objects for scent marking.
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When hunting, lynx mark less but increase marking rate along linear structures.
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Marking rate increases during the mating season, but only when lynx are not hunting.
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Time and distance to last kill are not associated with marking rate.
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Trade-off between detection of scent marks by conspecifics and eavesdropping by prey.