Do Antlers Honestly Advertise the Phenotypic Quality of Fallow Buck (Dama dama) in a Lekking Population?

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-144

  Ciuti, Simone ^a   Apollonio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DEER; GROWTH RATE; HONEST SIGNALING; LEK; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; PHENOTYPE; SCENT MARKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650808094     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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