Local density and group size interacts with age and sex to determine direction and rate of social dispersal in a polygynous mammal

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3073-3082

  Marjamäki, Paula H ^a   Contasti, Adrienne L ^b   Coulson, Tim N ^a,c   Mcloughlin, Philip D ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Feral horse; Quorum sensing; Sable Island; Scale; Social dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887001317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.694     Document Type: Article

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