Reproductive suppression in male alpine marmots

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-66

  Arnold, Walter ^a   Dittami, John ^b  

^a Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE MARMOT; ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; REPRODUCTIVE SUPPRESSION;

MARMOTA MARMOTA;

EID: 0030620664     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0277     Document Type: Article

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