Age- and state-dependent reproductive effort in male mountain goats, Oreamnos americanus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 935-943

  Mainguy, Julien ^a   Côté, Steeve D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Age; Body mass; Reproductive effort; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; COURTSHIP; DOMINANCE; JUVENILE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RUMINANT; SURVIVAL;

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

EID: 41049106557     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0517-9     Document Type: Article

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