Determinants and life-history consequences of social dominance in bighorn ewes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1373-1380

  Favre, Magali ^a   Martin, Julien G A ^a,b   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

age; bighorn sheep ewe; body mass; dominance; life history traits; Ovis canadensis; path analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; DOMINANCE; HORN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATH ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUMMER; UNGULATE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; RAM MOUNTAIN;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 51549114610     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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