Early growth in male and female fallow deer fawns

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 493-499

  Birgersson, Björn ^a   Ekvall, Kenneth ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dama dama; Early growth; Fallow deer; Growth rate; Maternal care; Parity; Suckling; Weaning

Indexed keywords

FALLOW DEER; GROWTH; PARITY; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA; DAMA DAMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031458951     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.5.493     Document Type: Article

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