Male topi antelopes alarm snort deceptively to retain females for mating

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bro Jørgensen, Jakob ^a,b   Pangle, Wiline M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; HONEST SIGNALING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING BEHAVIOR; RUMINANT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; KENYA; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECUMBENCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION; DECEPTION;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; DECEPTION; FEMALE; KENYA; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS;

EID: 77953776247     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653078     Document Type: Article

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