Sex-ratio variation and reproductive costs in relation to density in a forest-dwelling population of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 862-869

  Bonenfant, Christophe ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Loison, Anne ^a   Klein, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Closed habitat; Party size; Red deer; Reproductive costs; Sex ratio; Trivers and willard; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642465412     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg077     Document Type: Article

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