Male-caused failure of female reproduction and its adaptive value in alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 592-597

  Hackländer, Klaus ^a   Arnold, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bruce effect; Females; Infanticide; Marmota marmota; Marmots; Reproductive failure; Reproductive suppression

Indexed keywords

INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BAVARIA; BERCHTESGADEN NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032718138     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.5.592     Document Type: Article

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