Reproductive decisions in female European ground squirrels: Factors affecting reproductive output and maternal investment

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-175

  Millesi, Eva ^a   Huber, Susanne ^a   Everts, Lammina G ^a   Dittami, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT;

SPERMOPHILUS CITELLUS;

EID: 0032966895     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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