The effect of a mother's rank on her offspring's pre-weaning rank in farmed red deer

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 146-155

  Dušek, Adam ^a,b   Bartoš, Luděk ^a   Švecová, Ludmila ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Cervus elaphus; Maternal rank; Offspring rank; Rank inheritance; Red deer

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL EFFECT; RANKING; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

EID: 33846622954     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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