Abstract
Some aspects of the intragroup-spacing behavior in isards (Rupicapra pyrenaica), mainly in foraging herds of females with kids and young, were investigated by scan-sampling methods in a Pyrenean reserve from October 1986 to June 1987. Within herds, adults of both sexes tended to be peripheral, whereas the kids were central. The spatial proximity between animals in groups was maximum during the breeding period (June), and minimum during winter (February). Mean nearest-neighbor distances between adult females and between females and kids increased with age of kids. Season, group size, and spacing pattern of females are related.
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