Young bighorn (Ovis canadensis) males: Can they successfully woo females?

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-41

  Whiting, Jericho C ^a   Terry Bowyer, R ^a   Flinders, Jerran T ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; MATING SUCCESS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREGNANCY; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; SYNCHRONY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

NEBO; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 38049068774     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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