Social dominance and conflict reduction in rutting male Alpine ibex, Capra ibex

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 372-380

  Willisch, Christian S ^a,b   Neuhaus, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Mating behavior; Social system; Survival; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

CAPRA IBEX; UNGULATA;

EID: 76749107448     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp200     Document Type: Article

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