Morphology of horns and fighting behavior in the family bovidae

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 462-475

  Lundrigan, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovidae; fighting behavior; horns; morphology

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE;

EID: 0029738413     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382822     Document Type: Article

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