Do reproductive status and lamb gender affect the foraging behavior of bighorn ewes?

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 941-954

  Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; UNGULATE;

ARTIODACTYLA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0031742487     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00043.x     Document Type: Article

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