The mating system of northern populations of Peromyscus maniculatus as revealed by radiotelemetry and DNA fingerprinting

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-428

  Ribble, David O ^a   Millar, John S ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Mating; Peromyscus; Promiscuity; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CANADA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MATING SYSTEM; TELEMETRY;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; MATING SYSTEM; RADIOTELEMETRY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 0030316918     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682359     Document Type: Article

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