The nature and frequency of social interactions among free-living prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 271-279

  McGuire, Betty ^a,b   Getz, Lowell L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Population regulation; Prairie voles; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER;

EID: 0031711494     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050491     Document Type: Article

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