Life history consequences of social complexity: A comparative study of ground-dwelling sciurids

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-19

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Armitage, Kenneth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs and benefits of sociality; Cynomys; Life history; Marmota; Social complexity; Spermophilus

Indexed keywords

OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; PHYLOGENTIC SIMILARITY; RODENT; SOCIAL COMPLEXITY;

SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0031905793     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.1.8     Document Type: Article

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