Cumulative long-term investment in vocalization and mating success of fallow bucks, Dama dama

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1159-1167

  McElligott, Alan G ^a   O'Neill, Kate P ^a,b   Hayden, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MATING SUCCESS; VOCALIZATION;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA; DAMA DAMA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033134626     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1076     Document Type: Article

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