A structural-equations model for the mating behaviour of bucks in a lek of fallow deer

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-426

  Focardi, S ^a   Tinelli, A ^b  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b Tenuta Presidenziale Castelporziano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fallow deer; Lek; Male copulatory success; Multiple regression; Path analysis; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030467473     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1996.9522913     Document Type: Article

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