Going out to mate: Excursion behaviour of female roe deer

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 886-896

  Lovari, Sandro ^a   Bartolommei, Paola ^a   Meschi, Fiora ^a   Pezzo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DEER; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE LOCATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 49349115330     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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