Dominance, fatness and fitness in female American bison, Bison bison

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 763-770

  Vervaecke, Hilde ^a,b   Roden, Catherine ^a,b   De Vries, Han ^c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Behavioural Biology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DOMINANCE; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; RANKING; RUMINANT;

BISON BISON; BISON BISON BISON; MAMMALIA;

EID: 26244452350     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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