To synchronise or not to synchronise: A dilemma for young bighorn males?

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 805-818

  Ruckstuhl, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Groups; Sociality; Synchronisation; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033423205     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501577     Document Type: Article

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