Trade-offs in activity budget in an alpine ungulate: contrasting lactating and nonlactating females

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-227

  Hamel, Sandra ^a   Côté, Steeve D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

activity budget; foraging; lactation; mountain goat; Oreamnos americanus; rumination; sex of offspring; ungulate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ENERGETICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; LACTATION; TIME ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 37249021962     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.028     Document Type: Article

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