Mating success of male bushy-tailed woodrats: When bigger is not always better

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-168

  Topping, Michael G ^a,b   Millar, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushy tailed woodrats; Growth rate; Mating success; Neotoma cinema; Promiscuity; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC TRAIT; GROWTH RATE; MATING SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT;

NEOTOMA CINEREA;

EID: 0032929536     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.2.161     Document Type: Article

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