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Dispersal is not female biased in a resource-defence mating ungulate, the European roe deer.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Feb 2006
Coulon A, Cosson J-F, Morellet N, Angibault J-M, Cargnelutti B, Galan M, Aulagnier S, Hewison A J M
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Dispersal is frequently more prevalent in one sex compared to the other. Greenwood proposed that patterns of sex-biased dispersal among birds and mammals are linked to their mating strategies. For species where males defend resources rather than females, he predicted female-biased dispersal, because males should remain at their birth site where they are familiar with the distribution of the resources that they...
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