Anatomical constraints generate honesty: Acoustic cues to age and weight in the roars of red deer stags

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 519-530

  Reby, David ^a   McComb, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUDITORY CUE; BODY SIZE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DEER; WEIGHT;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038082025     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2078     Document Type: Article

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