Dominance, age and weight in American bison males (Bison bison) during non-rut in semi-natural conditions

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 169-177

  Roden, Catherine ^a,b,c   Vervaecke, Hilde ^a,b   Van Elsacker, Linda ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Bison bulls; Dominance; Weight

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE;

BISON; BISON BISON; BUBALUS;

EID: 19544364873     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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