Benefits of a risky life for fallow deer bucks (Dama dama) aspiring to patrol a lek territory

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-460

  Ciuti, Simone ^a   De Cena, Fabio ^a   Bongi, Paolo ^a   Apollonio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dama dama; fallow deer; lekking; mating success; reproductive strategy predation risk hypothesis; territoriality

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79957528332     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579511X563981     Document Type: Article

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