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SUBMITTER: Body G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3997419 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Body Guillaume G Weladji Robert B RB Holand Øystein Ø Nieminen Mauri M
PloS one 20140423 4
During the rut, female ungulates move among harems or territories, either to sample mates or to avoid harassment. Females may be herded by a male, may stay with a preferred male, or aggregate near a dominant male to avoid harassment from other males. In fission-fusion group dynamics, female movement is best described by the group's fission probability, instead of inter-harem movement. In this study, we tested whether male herding ability, female mate choice or harassment avoidance influence fiss ...[more]