(Table 1). Both bighorn sheep
rams and male mountain goats decreased time spent
foraging and lying from the pre-rut to the rut as previously
reported (Pelletier 2005; Mainguy & Coˆ te´
2008), and increased significantly time spent in the
three other behaviours (Table 1 and Fig. 1; that were
considered as time spent rutting once regrouped).
Bighorn sheep rams also spent more time foraging
than lying during both periods (Fig. 1a), whereas
adult male mountain goats showed an opposite pattern
(Fig. 1b). Bighorn sheep rams decreased time
spent foraging, but increased time spent lying and in
social interactions with increasing age in both periods,
whereas time spent in the remnant behaviours
was not affected by age