Cohort affects growth of males but not females in alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1021-1027

  Toigo C ^a,b   Gaillard, J M ^a   Michallet, J ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Office National de la Chasse   (France)

Author keywords

Capra ibex ibex; Chest girth; Cohort; Horn length; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CAPRA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA IBEX IBEX;

EID: 0001554149     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383272     Document Type: Article

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