Male llama choice between receptive and nonreceptive females

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 349-356

  Lichtenwalner, A B ^a   Woods, G L ^a   Weber, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Camelid; Llama; Mating behavior; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; UNGULATE;

LAMA GLAMA;

EID: 0031679507     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00143-9     Document Type: Article

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