Mate choice in female red-necked pademelons, Thylogale thetis (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-231

  Radford, Sally L ^a,b   Croft, David B ^a   Moss, Graeme L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE CHOICE; MATE CHOICE; OESTRUS; RED-NECKED PADEMELON;

THYLOGALE THETIS;

EID: 0031946188     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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