Deer destiny determined by density

Andrew Cockburn

doi:10.1038/20794

Deer destiny determined by density

Andrew Cockburn^*

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Abstract

Theory predicts that socially dominant females will produce more sons than daughters. But when times are hard, the higher growth rate of males means that proportionately more will die during development. New work shows that, in red deer, these effects can operate in concert.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	407-408
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	399
Issue number	6735
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/20794
Publication status	Published - 3 Jun 1999

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