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Benefits of migration in a partially-migratory tropical ungulate

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2013
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Title
Benefits of migration in a partially-migratory tropical ungulate
Published in
BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2013
DOI 10.1186/1472-6785-13-36
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Authors

Nicolas Gaidet, Philippe Lecomte

Abstract

Partial migration, where one portion of a population conducts seasonal migrations while the other remains on a single range, is common in wild ungulate populations. However the relative costs and benefits associated with the distinct strategies adopted by coexisting migrant and resident individuals have rarely been investigated. Here we compare the body condition of migrants and residents in a partially migratory population of impalas (Aepyceros melampus) in Zimbabwe. The study was conducted during two consecutive years with highly contrasted population densities (16.4 and 8.6 indiv/km(2)) due to harvesting.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
France 1 2%
Austria 1 2%
Unknown 61 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 29%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 24%
Student > Bachelor 8 13%
Researcher 7 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 3%
Other 4 6%
Unknown 9 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 37 59%
Environmental Science 10 16%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 2%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 10 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 October 2013.
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#16,720,137
of 25,368,786 outputs
Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#2,818
of 3,714 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#132,433
of 218,617 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#57
of 76 outputs
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