Social cohesion and foraging decrease with group size in fallow deer (Dama dama)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-91

  Focardi, Stefano ^a   Pecchioli, Elena ^b  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b Centre for Alpine Ecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregation dynamics; Dama dama; Fallow deer; Foraging interference; Movement synchronisation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DEER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; TRADE-OFF; VIGILANCE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; UNGULATA;

EID: 27744588120     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0012-0     Document Type: Article

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