Correlates of male mating strategies in white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1317-1324

  Rachlow, Janet L ^a,c   Berkeley, Elizabeth V ^b   Berger, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ZooMontana   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratotherium simum; Mating behavior; Reproductive strategies; Rhinos; Territoriality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000573444     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383023     Document Type: Article

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