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Antler size provides an honest signal of male phenotypic quality in roe deerCecile Vanpe
Laboratoire Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, BP 52627, F 31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France
Am Nat 169:481-93. 2007..Antler size may therefore provide an honest signal of male phenotypic quality in roe deer. We discuss the implications of these results in terms of territory tenure and mating competition...
Access to mates in a territorial ungulate is determined by the size of a male's territory, but not by its habitat qualityCecile Vanpe
Laboratoire Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, BP 52627, F 31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France
J Anim Ecol 78:42-51. 2009..6. This may explain the stability of male territories between years, suggesting that male territoriality conforms to an 'always stay' and 'low risk-low gain' mating strategy in roe deer...
