Home range shifts by breeding female Townsend's voles (Microtus townsendii): A test of the territory bequeathal hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 363-372

  Lambin, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bequeathal; Microtus; Parental care; Post breeding dispersal; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS TOWNSENDII;

EID: 0030974780     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050352     Document Type: Article

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