The adaptive significance of monogamy in the golden-rumped elephant-shrew

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-177

  Fitzgibbon, Clare D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; GOLDEN-RUMPED ELEPHANT-SHREW; MATE GUARDING; MONOGAMY; TERRITORALITY;

RHYNCHOCYON CHRYSOPYGUS;

EID: 0030620312     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb02937.x     Document Type: Article

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