Infanticide among golden marmots (marmota caudata aurea)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-173

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Juvenile mortality; Marmota caudata aurea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030796091     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1997.9522895     Document Type: Article

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