The proximate mechanisms of natal dispersal in female horses

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 13-14, 1996, Pages 1095-1124

  Monard, Anne Marie ^a,b,c   Duncan, Patrick ^b   Boy, Vincent ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAREM; HORSE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; NATAL DISPERSAL;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030437991     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996x00611     Document Type: Article

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