High incidence of infanticide by lactating females in a population of Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1183-1187

  Stevens, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; RODENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 0032425915     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-045     Document Type: Article

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