Impact of social ties on dispersal, reproduction and dominance in fetal house mice (Mus musculus domesticus)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 487-499

  Gerlach, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031867112     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00085.x     Document Type: Article

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