Location of rut stands vs. mating opportunities in Przewalski’s gazelle: A field test of the “Resource-based Hypothesis” and “Female Traffic Version of the Hotspot Hypothesis”

We studied the mating tactics of Przewalski’s gazelle on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau from 2002 to 2005. Przewalski’s gazelle is a cluster mating animal whereby female groups, including juveniles, travel to and from their resting grounds along fixed routes and dominant males stand on or near these tr...

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Main Author: Zhangqiang YOU, Zhigang JIANG, Chunwang LI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011-12-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11946