Social dominance in female bighorn sheep
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Zoo Biology
- Vol. 5 (1) , 21-26
- https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.1430050104
Abstract
A group of six individually identified bighorn ewes (Ovis canadensis canadensis) in the Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado, was studied to determine the existence of a dominance hierarchy. Using success in displacement interactions as an index to rank, a very linear, age‐related hierarchy was found.Keywords
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