Function of weaponry in females: The use of horns in intrasexual competition for resources in female Soay sheep

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 651-654

  Robinson, Matthew R ^a   Kruuk, Loeske E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female aggression; Intrasexual competition; Polymorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORNS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP;

EID: 38449099881     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0278     Document Type: Article

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