Group choice by subadult bighorn rams: Trade-offs between foraging efficiency and predator avoidance

Ethology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-172

  Ruckstuhl, K E ^a   Festa Bianchet, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035119176     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2001.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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