Variation in the mating system of oribi and its ecological determinants

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-206

  Adamczak, Vera G ^a   Dunbar, R I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female dispersal; Mating system; Monogamy; Oribi; Ourebia ourebi

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MONOGAMY; POLYGYNY; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RUMINANT; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

OUREBIA OUREBI;

EID: 44849133893     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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