The effect of depletion and predictability of distinct food patches on the timing of aggression in red deer stags

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 415-422

  Schmidt, Karoline T ^a,b   Seivwright, Linzi J ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^c   Staines, Brian W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Konrad Lorenz Inst V ^*  (Austria)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PATCH SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0031870292     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00406.x     Document Type: Article

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