Consistency of temperament in bighorn ewes and correlates with behaviour and life history

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 589-597

  Réale, Denis ^a   Gallant, Bruno Y ^a   Leblanc, Mylène ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0033667825     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1530     Document Type: Article

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