High-ranking females bias their investment in favour of male calves in captive Ammotragus lervia

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 417-424

  Cassinello, Jorge ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammotragus; Parental investment; Sex ratio; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA;

MATERNAL INVESTMENT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SAHARAN ARRUI; SUCKLING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0029660510     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050259     Document Type: Article

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