Male reproductive tactics and reproductive success of the group-living feral cat (Felis catus)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-249

  Yamane, Akihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feral cat; Microsatellite DNA; Paternity; Reproductive success; Reproductive tactics

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAT; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION;

FELIS CATUS;

CAT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FERAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE TACTIC;

EID: 0031597377     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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