Male mating behaviour and patterns of sperm precedence in arctic ground squirrels

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 767-779

  Lacey, Eileen A ^a   Wieczorek, John R ^a   Tucker, Priscilla K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC GROUND SQUIRREL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MATING BEHAVIOUR; SPERM PRECEDENCE;

SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII PLESIUS;

EID: 0031107089     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0342     Document Type: Article

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