Social control of reproduction in banded mongooses

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-158

  Cant, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

MUNGOS MUNGO;

EID: 0033984527     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1279     Document Type: Article

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