Right-sided bias in fallow deer terminating parallel walks: Evidence for lateralization during a lateral display

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1427-1432

  Jennings, Dómhnall J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Contest; Dama dama; Fallow deer; Lateral display; Lateralization; Mutual assessment

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEER; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR;

CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84861852000     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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