Intersexual social behavior of urban white-tailed deer and its evolutionary implications

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 759-766

  Richardson, Katherine E ^a   Weckerly, Floyd W ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEHICLES;

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RISK HYPOTHESIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MAMMALS;

AGGRESSION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEER; EVOLUTION; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN MARCOS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 35348844127     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-057     Document Type: Article

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