Social rank, feeding and winter weight loss in red deer: Any evidence of interference competition?

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Veiberg, Vebjørn ^a   Loe, Leif Egil ^b,c   Mysterud, Atle ^b   Langvatn, Rolf ^c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^b  

^a Norwegian Red Deer Center   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cervus elaphus; Dominance; Life history; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DEER; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MATERNAL EFFECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOR-TRONDELAG;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0842331942     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1399-9     Document Type: Article

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