Social segregation and the maintenance of social stability in a feral cattle population

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1133-1141

  Lazo, Alfonso ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; FERAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

SPAIN, DONANA NATIONAL PARK;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0028163691     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1346     Document Type: Article

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