Sexual segregation in ungulates: Individual behaviour and the missing link

Population Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-95

  Focardi, Stefano ^a   Farnsworth, Keith ^b   Poli, Bianca M ^c   Ponzetta, Maria P ^c   Tinelli, Aleandro ^d  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Tenuta Presidenziale Castelporziano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dama dama; Fallow deer; Habitat segregation; Ideal free distribution; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0344100083     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-003-0140-1     Document Type: Article

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