Vocal rate as an assessment process during fallow deer contests

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-158

  Jennings, Dómhnall J ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^b   Carlin, Caitríona M ^c   Hayden, Thomas J ^d   Gammell, Martin P ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

'Opponent only' assessment; Fighting; Resource holding potential; Self and mutual assessment; Vocal rate

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DECISION MAKING; DEER; FIGHTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ARTICLE; DEER; FIGHTING; GAME; NONHUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; VOCALIZATION; VOICE;

DAMA DAMA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84866004466     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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