Behavioural Correlates of Female Social Status and Birth Mass of Male and Female Calves in Reindeer
Abstract In polygyny, male breeding success depends more than female success on body size, and male birth mass may therefore be more strongly correlated with mother's social dominance status. Among female reindeer, Rangifer tarandus , the rate at which a female took over winter feeding craters...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00122.x 2024-06-02T08:13:37+00:00 Behavioural Correlates of Female Social Status and Birth Mass of Male and Female Calves in Reindeer Kojola, Ilpo 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00122.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.1997.tb00122.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00122.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ethology volume 103, issue 10, page 809-814 ISSN 0179-1613 1439-0310 journal-article 1997 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00122.x 2024-05-03T11:05:18Z Abstract In polygyny, male breeding success depends more than female success on body size, and male birth mass may therefore be more strongly correlated with mother's social dominance status. Among female reindeer, Rangifer tarandus , the rate at which a female took over winter feeding craters from conspecifics depended on rank and the mass loss decreased with increasing rank. Birth mass of male calves depended on mother's social rank, but that of female calves did not. Male foetuses appeared to be more effective than females to utilize resources associated with mother's phenotypical superiority. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer tarandus Wiley Online Library Ethology 103 10 809 814 |
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Abstract In polygyny, male breeding success depends more than female success on body size, and male birth mass may therefore be more strongly correlated with mother's social dominance status. Among female reindeer, Rangifer tarandus , the rate at which a female took over winter feeding craters from conspecifics depended on rank and the mass loss decreased with increasing rank. Birth mass of male calves depended on mother's social rank, but that of female calves did not. Male foetuses appeared to be more effective than females to utilize resources associated with mother's phenotypical superiority. |
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Behavioural Correlates of Female Social Status and Birth Mass of Male and Female Calves in Reindeer |
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Behavioural Correlates of Female Social Status and Birth Mass of Male and Female Calves in Reindeer |
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Behavioural Correlates of Female Social Status and Birth Mass of Male and Female Calves in Reindeer |
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Behavioural Correlates of Female Social Status and Birth Mass of Male and Female Calves in Reindeer |
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Behavioural Correlates of Female Social Status and Birth Mass of Male and Female Calves in Reindeer |
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behavioural correlates of female social status and birth mass of male and female calves in reindeer |
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