Wolverine marking behavior

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Koehler, Gary M.; Hornocker, Maurice G.; Hash, Howard S.

Source:

Volume 94, p.p. 339 - 341 (1980)

Call Number:

A80KOE01IDUS

Keywords:

(Gulo gulo), home range, marking, scent, wolverine

Abstract:

Observations on Wolverine (Gulo gulo) marking were made during a Wolverine study in Montana. Marking stations generally were established sites used over several years. Marking involved marking visual and olfactory signs on the ground or on the trunk of a tree. Several Wolverines used a single marking station. Marking, rather that being a mechanism for maintaining a mutually exclusive territory, probably serves to maintain the essentially solitary nature of the Wolverine, maintaining time but not area spacing.

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