Benefits for dominant red deer hinds under a competitive feeding system: food access behavior, diet and nutrient selection.

Social dominance is widely known to facilitate access to food resources in many animal species such as deer. However, research has paid little attention to dominance in ad libitum access to food because it was thought not to result in any benefit for dominant individuals. In this study we assessed i...

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Main Authors: Francisco Ceacero, Andrés J García, Tomás Landete-Castillejos, Jitka Bartošová, Ludek Bartoš, Laureano Gallego
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6d953a67aa97401a86dbab41d7af8d1d
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