Red deer females collect on male clumps at mating areas

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 525-532

  Carranza, Juan ^a   Valencia, Juliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Harassment; Leks; Mating systems; Red deer; Resource defense; Space use; Territories

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BREEDING SITE; DISPERSION; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNGULATE;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DAMA; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0032718137     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.5.525     Document Type: Article

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