Is difference in body weight, antler length, age or dominance rank related to the number of fights between fallow deer (Dama dama)?

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-269

  Jennings, Dómhnall J ^a   Gammell, Martin P ^b   Carlin, Caitríona M ^c   Hayden, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; DOMINANCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA;

EID: 33645016904     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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