Negative density-dependent emigration of males in an increasing red deer population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1667, 2009, Pages 2581-2587

  Loe, Leif Egil ^a   Mysterud, Atle ^a   Veiberg, Vebjørn ^a,b   Langvatn, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Large herbivores; Local mate competition; Local resource competition; Sex bias; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMIGRATION; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POLYGYNY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 67650446763     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0224     Document Type: Article

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