Factors influencing hierarchy in a captive herd of eland Taurotragus oryx

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-213

  Cransac, Nathalie ^a,b   Aulagnier, Stéphane ^a  

^a Inst Rech sur les Grands M   (France)

^b CRA Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Affiliative behavior; Associations at rest; Eland; Hierarchy; Matrilineal genealogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030549827     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1996)22:3<209::AID-AB5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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