Kjellander, Petter
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2009Peer reviewed
Access to mates in a territorial ungulate is determined by the size of a male's territory, but not by its habitat quality
Morellet, Nicolas; Kjellander, Petter; Goulard, Michel; Liberg, Olof; Hewison, Mark
Abstract
This may explain the stability of male territories between years, suggesting that male territoriality conforms to an 'always stay' and 'low risk-low gain' mating strategy in roe deer.
Keywords
mating tactics; reproductive success; resources; territory quality; ungulates
Published in
Journal of Animal Ecology
2009, Volume: 78, number: 1, pages: 42-51
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
Liberg, Olof
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01467.x
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/44527