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Density-Dependent Effects on Group Size Are Sex-Specific in a Gregarious Ungulate

Density dependence can have marked effects on social behaviors such as group size. We tested whether changes in population density of a large herbivore (elk, Cervus canadensis) affected sex-specific group size and whether the response was density- or frequency-dependent. We quantified the probabilit...

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Autores principales: Vander Wal, Eric, van Beest, Floris M., Brook, Ryan K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053777