Sexual segregation in ungulates: A new approach

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 361-377

  Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mating systems; Sexual segregation; Sociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034385932     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502123     Document Type: Article

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