Sexual segregation in fallow deer: are mixed-sex groups especially unstable because of asynchrony between the sexes?

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 329, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 551-558

  Villerette, Nicolas ^a,b   Helder, Rémi ^a   Angibault, Jean Marc ^b   Cargnelutti, Bruno ^b   Gerard, Jean François ^b  

^a 2C2A Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Eco Ethologie   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

'Activity budget' hypothesis; Dama dama; Group dynamics; Group instability; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

DEER; RUTTING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ETHOLOGY; FALLOW; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DEER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; POACEAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DAMA DAMA;

EID: 33745460134     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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