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The dark ventral patch: A bimodal flexible trait related to male competition in red deer

Sexual signals play a central role in male-male competition in polygynous species. In red deer (Cervus elaphus), male’s ventral area become dark during the rutting season due to urine spraying behaviour and retains many chemical compounds potentially revealing individual features. Here we investigat...

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Autores principales: Carranza, Juan, de la Peña, Eva, Mateos, Concha, Pérez-González, Javier, Alarcos, Susana, Torres-Porras, Jerónimo, Valencia, Juliana, Sánchez-Prieto, Cristina, Castillo, Leticia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7644014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33151970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241374