Male mating competitiveness and age-dependent relationship between testosterone and social rank in bighorn sheep

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 919-928

  Martin, Alexandre M ^a   Presseault Gauvin, Hélène ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   Pelletier, Fanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen; Ontogeny; Ovis canadensis; Secondary sexual traits; Sexual selection; Social hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANDROGEN; BODY MASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; RAM MOUNTAIN;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 84877926960     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1516-7     Document Type: Article

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