Freedom to choose: Unconstrained mate-searching behaviour by female fallow deer (Dama dama)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-154

  Naulty, Favel ^a   Harty, Hilda ^a   Hayden, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conditional strategy; Mate encounters; Peri estrus behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DATA ACQUISITION; DEER; FEMALE; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

DAMA DAMA;

EID: 84885773685     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v62.i2.a10.2013     Document Type: Article

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