SEXUAL SEGREGATION IN RUMINANTS: DEFINITIONS, HYPOTHESES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
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- 1 December 2004
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 85 (6) , 1039-1052
- https://doi.org/10.1644/bbl-002.1
Abstract
The concept of sexual segregation was 1st formally proposed by Charles Darwin. Among mammals, ruminants have been the focus of most research on thisKeywords
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