Effects of food supplementation on the social organization of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 746-757

  Cochran, G R ^a   Solomon, N G ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food supplementation; Microtus; Rodents; Social organization; Vole

Indexed keywords

FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033846383     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/81.3.746     Document Type: Review

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