Dominance rank and parental investment in swine (Sus scrofa domesticus)

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 969-978

  Meikle, Douglas B ^a,b   Drickamer, Lee C ^a   Vessey, Stephen H ^a   Arthur, Robert D ^a   Rosenthal, Thomas L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICUS;

BODY MASS; DOMINANCE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PIG; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

EID: 0030301942     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01174.x     Document Type: Article

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