Sex-specific differences in reindeer calf behavior and predation vulnerability

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-15

  Mathisen, Jon H ^a   Landa, Arild ^b,c   Andersen, Roy ^c   Fox, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calf behavior; Predator vulnerability; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer; Sex differences; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DEER; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CERVIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0037281139     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.1.10     Document Type: Article

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