Stallion harassment and the mating system of horses

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-306

  Linklater, Wayne L ^a   Cameron, Elissa Z ^a   Minot, Edward O ^a   Stafford, Kevin J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; MATING BEHAVIOR;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032786958     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1155     Document Type: Article

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