Cooperative breeding and monogamy in prairie voles: Influence of the sire and geographical variation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1131-1140

  Roberts, R Lucille ^a   Williams, Jessie R ^b   Wang, Alicia K ^c   Carter, C Sue ^d  

^a NIH Animal Center   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTERISM; BREEDING; DIMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT; HYBRID; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MONOGAMY; PROGENY; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; PRAIRIE VOLE;

ILLINOIS; KANSAS; USA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032078767     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0659     Document Type: Article

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