A dry summer diminishes mate search effort by pronghorn females: Evidence for a significant cost of mate search

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-80

  Byers, John A ^a   Byers, Anna A ^b   Dunn, Stacey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; UNGULATE;

MONTANA; NATIONAL BISON RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; BISON;

EID: 33645020668     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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