Sex-biased mortality in woodrats occurs in the absence of parental intervention

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 563-571

  Moses, Richard A ^b   Boutin, Stan ^b   Teferi, Taye ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c World Wildlife Fund for Nature   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSHY-TAILED WOODRAT; MORTALITY; OFFSPRING MORTALITY; PARENTAL CARE; SEX BIAS;

NEOTOMA CINEREA;

EID: 0031948032     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0643     Document Type: Article

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