Age- and tactic-related paternity success in male African elephants

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Rasmussen, H B ^a,b,c   Okello, J B A ^d   Wittemyer, G ^c,e   Siegismund, H R ^b   Arctander, P ^b   Vollrath, F ^a,c   Douglas Hamilton, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eelephants; Musth; Paternity; Reproductive strategy; Skew; Tactic

Indexed keywords

AGE; ELEPHANT; FITNESS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

LOXODONTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 38149004406     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm093     Document Type: Article

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