Sexual differences in hair morphology of coyote and white-tailed deer: Males have thicker hair

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 411-416

  Davis, Andrew K ^a   Brummer, Stacey P ^b   Shivik, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSPECIFIC; DEER; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HAIR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIGNALING; TESTOSTERONE; THERMOREGULATION;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 79251474946     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0605     Document Type: Article

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