Male harassment influences female movements and associations in Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 860-865

  Sundaresan, Siva R ^a,b   Fischhoff, Ilya R ^a   Rubenstein, D I ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Associations; Equids; Grevy's zebra; Sexual harassment; Social organization

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS GREVYI; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

EID: 34548425101     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm055     Document Type: Article

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