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Female Preference and Predation Risk Models Can Explain the Maintenance of a Fallow Deer (Dama dama) Lek and Its ‘Handy’ Location

We tested the predictions of three models (female preference; hotspot; predator avoidance) on lek formation in the fallow deer population of San Rossore, Tuscany. We collected behavioural observations in two leks and radiotracking data on 67 deer over 7 years. Two deer sub-populations were present i...

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Autores principales: Apollonio, Marco, De Cena, Fabio, Bongi, Paolo, Ciuti, Simone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24599036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089852