Evolution of weaponry in female bovids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1677, 2009, Pages 4329-4334

  Stankowich, Theodore ^a   Caro, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator; Antlers; Bovidae; Horns; Territoriality; Weaponry

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETICS; TERRITORIALITY; UNGULATE;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BOVIDS; CLADISTICS; COMPETITION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HABITAT; HORN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEAPON;

BOVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 72649092634     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1256     Document Type: Article

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