Parturition date for a given female is highly repeatable within five roe deer populations.

Births are highly synchronized among females in many mammal populations in temperate areas. Although laying date for a given female is also repeatable within populations of birds, limited evidence suggests low repeatability of parturition date for individual females in mammals, and between-populatio...

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Main Authors: Plard, F, Gaillard, J, Bonenfant, C, Hewison, A, Delorme, D, Cargnelutti, B, Kjellander, P, Nilsen, E, Coulson, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013