Sex ratios in extant ungulates: Products of contemporary predation or past life histories?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1084-1113

  Berger, Joel ^a,b   Gompper, Matthew E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Large mammals; Predation; Sex ratios; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0001077894     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383162     Document Type: Article

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