Female aggression in microtus pennsylvanicus: Arena trials in the field

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Yoder, James M ^a   Dooley Jr , James L ^a   Zawacki, John F ^a   Bowers, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS;

EID: 0030039211     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426865     Document Type: Article

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