Sexual segregation by Masai giraffes at two spatial scales

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-106

  Ginnett, Tim F ^a,b   Demment, Montague W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Habitat selection; Tanzania; Ungulate; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0032975056     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1999.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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