An offspring-defense hypothesis for territoriality in female mammals

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-239

  Wolff, J O ^a   Peterson, J A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altricial; Infanticide; Mammals; Offspring defense; Precocial; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CONSPECIFIC; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; TERRITORIALITY;

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0031761078     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522854     Document Type: Article

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