The nature and consequences of mother-daughter associations in naturally and forcibly weaned bison

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 414-423

  Brookshier, Jennifer S ^a,c   Fairbanks, W Sue ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; UNGULATE;

BISON; BISON BISON;

EID: 21344435843     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-010     Document Type: Article

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