Variation in lekking costs in blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra): Relationship to lek-territory location and female mating patterns

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 547-563

  Isvaran, Kavita ^a,b   Jhala, Yadavendradev ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

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EID: 0034398018     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502204     Document Type: Article

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