Sexual segregation in Tibetan gazelle: A test of the activity budget hypothesis

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-331

  Li, Z ^a,b   Jiang, Z ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Activity budget hypothesis; Procapra picticaudata; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual segregation; Synchronization index

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BREEDING SEASON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RUTTING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SYNCHRONY; UNGULATE;

PROCAPRA PICTICAUDATA; UNGULATA;

EID: 41749119151     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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