Inbreeding avoidance in the prairie vole, microtus ochrogaster

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-127

  Getz, L L ^a   Carter, C S ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Group selection; Inbreeding avoidance; Mating system; Prairie vole; Social organization

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER;

EID: 0031764637     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522861     Document Type: Article

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