Density-dependent signaling: An alternative hypothesis on the function of chemical signaling in a non-territorial solitary carnivore

• Clayton T. Lamb ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ctlamb@ualberta.ca

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1961-0509

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• Garth Mowat,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, The University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

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• Sophie L. Gilbert,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Bruce N. McLellan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

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• Scott E. Nielsen,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Stan Boutin

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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