Reproductive benefits from female promiscuous mating in a small mammal

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 897-903

  Keil, Anja ^b   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; MULTIPLE MATING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION;

GALEA MUSTELOIDES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031743879     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00039.x     Document Type: Article

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