Adaptive explanation in socio-ecology: Lessons from the equidae

Biological Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Linklater, Wayne L ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Equidae; Feral horse; Inter individual aggression; Intra and interspecific variation; Phylogenetic inertia; Social and spatial organization; Socio ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040478099     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00039.x     Document Type: Article

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