Effects of social organization, age and aggressive behaviour on allosuckling in wild fallow deer

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 695-703

  Ekvall, Kenneth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ALLOPARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNGULATE;

SWEDEN;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA; DAMA DAMA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032168926     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0825     Document Type: Article

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