Unbiased sex-specific survival in Alpine chamois

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-139

  Corlatti, Luca ^a,b   Lebl, Karin ^c   Filli, Flurin ^d   Ruf, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Swiss National Park   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capture mark resight; Polygyny; Rupicapra rupicapra; Sexual dimorphism; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POLYGYNY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP; UNGULATE;

GRAUBUNDEN; SWISS NATIONAL PARK; SWITZERLAND;

RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84856966281     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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