Herd size in large herbivores: Encoded in the individual or emergent?

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 275-282

  Gerard, Jean François ^a   Bideau, Eric ^a   Maublanc, Marie Line ^a   Loisel, Patrice ^a   Marchal, Carole ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GROUP SIZE; HERBIVORE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0036018251     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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