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KRUUK, H AND JARMAN PJ. 1995. Latrine use by the spotted-tail quoll (Dasyurus maculatus: Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) in its natural habitat. Journal of Zoology 236:345-349.
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Latrine use by the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Sprent, Jennifer A.</span> and <span class="person_name">Andersen, Niels A.</span> and <span class="person_name">Nicol, Stewart C.</span> (2005) <xhtml:em>Latrine use by the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus.</xhtml:em> Australian Mammalogy, 28 . pp. 131-133. ISSN 0310-0049</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_758' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/750/1/Sprent_et_al._2006_Latrine_use_by_the_short-beaked_echidna%2C_Tachyglossus_aculeatus._Aust_Mamm.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_758' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_758"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/750/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/750/1/Sprent_et_al._2006_Latrine_use_by_the_short-beaked_echidna%2C_Tachyglossus_aculeatus._Aust_Mamm.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />110Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.australianmammals.org.au/">http://www.australianmammals.org.au/</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">In mammals the basic functions of defaecation and
urination have an inherent secondary function of
chemical communication (Eisenberg 1981), and
mammals have evolved a variety of behaviours based
on these means of communication. Many mammals,
particularly carnivores such as European badgers
(Meles meles) (Stewart et al. 2002), honey badgers
(Mellivora capensis) (Begg et al. 2003), and quolls
(Dasyurus spp.) (Kruuk and Jarman 1995; Oakwood
2002), but also non-carnivorous species such as the
rabbits (Sneddon 1991), leave accumulations of
faeces, or latrines, that may serve a number of social
functions, such as the marking of territories and the
maintenance of dominance hierarchies.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Publication of the Australian Mammal Society</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">monotreme, echidna, behaviour, latrine, home range, scent marking, faeces, scats</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270707.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270707 Sociobiology and Behavioural Ecology</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270706.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270706 Life Histories (incl. Population Ecology)</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">750</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Associate Professor Stewart C. Nicol</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">17 Feb 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=750;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=750">item control page</a></p>
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