Sex differences in feeding activity results in sexual segregation of feral goats
Sexual segregation is common in ungulates. We show, in a high latitude population of feral goats where behavioural synchrony and fission rates have been shown to be the best explanation for segregation, that it is differences explicitly in the feeding time requirements of the two sexes (but not thos...
Main Authors: | Dunbar, R, Shi, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2008
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