Density dependence and life-history strategies of ungulates

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1130-1146

  Mccullough, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Life histories; Population models; Resource partitioning; Sex ratios; Sexual segregation; Sexual selection; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

UNGULATA;

EID: 0001048827     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383164     Document Type: Article

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