Roosevelt elk density and social segregation: Foraging behavior and females avoiding larger groups of males

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 386-399

  Weckerly, F ^a   McFarland, K ^b   Ricca, M ^c   Meyer, K ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; UNGULATE;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 7744235383     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0386:REDASS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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