Parameters of mating effort and success in male European ground squirrels, Spermophilus citellus

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 298-313

  Millesi, Eva ^a   Huber, Susanne ^b   Dittami, John ^b   Hoffmann, Ilse ^b   Daan, Serge ^b  

^a Physikalische Medizin u Rehabilitation   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN GROUND SQUIRREL; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION;

CITELLUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS CITELLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031896805     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00070.x     Document Type: Article

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