High-ranking mares of captive plains zebra Equus burchelli have greater reproductive success than low-ranking mares

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 315-329

  Pluháček, Jan ^a,b   Bartoš, Luděk ^a   Čulík, Luděk ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Dvůr Králové Zoological Gardens ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Equus burchelli; Inter birth interval; Reproductive success; Social hierarchy; Zebra; Zoo

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; DOMINANCE; HORSE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ZOO;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS BURCHELLII;

EID: 33747046097     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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