Birth-sex ratios and local resource competition in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-464

  Hewison, A J Mark ^a,c   Gaillard, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

local resource competition; maternal condition; roe deer; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS;

LOCAL RESOURCE COMPETITION; PRIMARY SEX RATIO; RESOURCE COMPETITION; ROE DEER; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0030302913     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.4.461     Document Type: Article

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