Mixed-sex group formation by bighorn sheep in winter: trading costs of synchrony for benefits of group living

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 919-929

  Meldrum, Gennifer E ^a   Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

activity budget; bighorn sheep; mixed sex group; Ovis Canadensis; sexual segregation; ungulate; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGGREGATION; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION RISK; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHEEP; SYNCHRONY; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 62149095080     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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