Spatial integration in infant sable antelope, Hippotragus niger

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1005-1014

  Thompson, Katerina V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; JUVENILE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER;

EID: 0031785403     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0866     Document Type: Article

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