Sexually dimorphic grooming in bison: the influence of body size, activity budget and androgens

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 737-745

  Mooring, Michael S ^a   Patton, Marilyn L ^b   Reisig, Dominic D ^a   Osborne, Eric R ^a   Kanallakan, Adam L ^a   Aubery, Sara M ^b  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; CATTLE; ECTOPARASITE; GROOMING; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BISON BISON BISON;

EID: 33748189310     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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