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Science 3 August 1984:
Vol. 225. no. 4661, pp. 526 - 529
DOI: 10.1126/science.6539948
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Science, Vol 225, Issue 4661, 526-529
Copyright © 1984 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Mating in bighorn sheep: multiple creative male strategies

JT Hogg

Rocky Mountain bighorn rams obtained copulations by defending single estrous ewes (tending), fighting tending rams for temporary access to defended ewes (coursing), or moving and holding ewes away from other rams beyond the periphery of a traditional tending area (blocking). Coursing and blocking illustrate a feature of many male alternative mating strategies: the ability of males regularly to create mating opportunities.


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