Knee-clicks and visual traits indicate fighting ability in eland antelopes: Multiple messages and back-up signals

BMC Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bro Jørgensen, Jakob ^a,b   Dabelsteen, Torben ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; KNEE CLICKING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL DETECTION; AGE; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

AGE FACTORS; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BODY SIZE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 57649243719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-6-47     Document Type: Article

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