Sex-specific strategies of dentine depletion in red deer

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-497

  Carranza, Juan ^a   Mateos, Concha ^a   Alarcos, Susana ^a   Sánchez Prieto, Cristina B ^a   Valencia, Juliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Life history; Senescence; Sexual selection; Teeth

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DENTITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOOTH;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 38849096368     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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