Interspecific behaviour in temperate ungulates: an alien adult male associates with a group of non-conspecifics

Marisa Sicilia; Maria Miranda; Jorge Cassinello

doi:10.26496/bjz.2011.166

Authors

Marisa Sicilia Instituto de Investigación en RecursosCinegéticos (IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
Maria Miranda Instituto de Investigación en RecursosCinegéticos (IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
Jorge Cassinello Instituto de Investigación en RecursosCinegéticos (IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2011.166

Keywords:

Ammotragus lervia, game management, antipredator advantage, foraging efficiency, interspecific association, Ovis orientalis musimon, social advantage

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