Endocrine correlates of contrasting male mating strategies in the European badger (Meles meles)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 291-300

  Woodroffe, Rosie ^a   Macdonald, D W ^b   Cheeseman, C L ^c  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELES MELES;

BADGER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030620953     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb01960.x     Document Type: Article

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