Social rank and winter forage quality affect aggressiveness in white-tailed deer fawns

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-275

  Taillon, Joëlle ^a   Côté, Steeve D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

aggressiveness; agonistic behaviour; body mass loss; dominance status; forage intake; Odocoileus virginianus; resource competition; social behaviour; white tailed deer; winter forage quality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEER; DOMINANCE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 34547841591     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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