Do leks limit the frequency of aggressive encounters in fallow deer? Linking local male density and lek occurrence

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 667-670

  Pelabon C ^a,b   Komers, P E ^b,c   Hoglund J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; LEK; MATING BEHAVIOR; UNGULATE;

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

EID: 0033305915     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-024     Document Type: Article

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