Territorial defence and territory take-over by satellite males in the waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Bovidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - Tập 8 - Trang 161-162 - 1981
Peter Wirtz1
1Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Federal Republic of Germany

Tóm tắt

In Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, some territorial male waterbuck tolerate an additional adult male on the territory, which shares in the defence of the territory and has a higher chance than an outsider to become a territory owner.

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