A one night stand? Reproductive excursions of female roe deer as a breeding dispersal tactic

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 431-443

  Debeffe, Lucie ^a,b   Focardi, Stefano ^c   Bonenfant, Christophe ^b   Hewison, A J Mark ^a   Morellet, Nicolas ^a   Vanpé, Cécile ^b   Heurich, Marco ^d   Kjellander, Petter ^e   Linnell, John D C ^f   Mysterud, Atle ^g   Pellerin, Maryline ^h,i   Sustr, Pavel ^j   Urbano, Ferdinando ^k   Cagnacci, Francesca ^l  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c ISTITUTO DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI   (Italy)

^d BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ ONCFS CNERA Cervidés Sanglier   (France)

^j CzechGlobe Global Change Research Centre AS CR   (Czech Republic)

^k UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^l RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

GPS telemetry; Inbreeding avoidance; Mate choice; Rut excursion; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SITE; DEER; DISPERSAL; GPS; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CAPREOLUS; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BREEDING; DEER; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DEER; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84907726976     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3021-8     Document Type: Article

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