Mating tactics of male feral goats (Capra hircus): Risks and benefits

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-110

  Saunders, Fiona C ^a   McElligott, Alan G ^b   Safi, Kamran ^b   Hayden, Thomas J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coursing; Dominance; Mating strategy; Mating success; Tending

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 28844460478     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-005-0006-y     Document Type: Article

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