Sociality increases juvenile survival after a catastrophic event in the feral horse (Equus caballus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 138-147

  Nuñez, Cassandra M V ^a   Adelman, James S ^b   Rubenstein, Daniel I ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Equus caballus feral horse juvenile network degree social networks survival

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FITNESS; HORSE; JUVENILE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVIVAL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 84928379520     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru163     Document Type: Article

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