Access to mates in a territorial ungulate is determined by the size of a male's territory, but not by its habitat quality

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-51

  Vanpé, Cécile ^a,b   Morellet, Nicolas ^a   Kjellander, Petter ^b   Goulard, Michel ^c   Liberg, Olof ^b   Hewison, A J Mark ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

Author keywords

Mating tactics; Reproductive success; Resources; Territory quality; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; DEER; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE LOCATION; POLYGYNY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIALITY; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HORN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BODY SIZE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 57549094657     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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