The role of companionship in the dispersal of white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-261

  Shrader, Adrian M ^a   Owen Smith, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Associations; Buddy system; Dispersal; Exploratory excursions; White rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; MAMMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 0036705602     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0506-y     Document Type: Article

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