Horn asymmetry and fitness in gemsbok, Oryx g. gazella

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Moller A P ^a,b   Cuervo, J J ^a   Soler, J J ^a   Zamora Munoz C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

developmental stability dominance; mating success; natural election; predation; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ORYX; ORYX GAZELLA;

FITNESS; GEMSBOK;

NAMIBIA, ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0029662749     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.247     Document Type: Article

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