Influence of different social partners on the survival and growth of pups in two species of calomys (muridae sigmodontinae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-196

  Laconi, M R ^a   Jahn, G A ^a   Castro Vazquez, A ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Cuyo ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Calomys; Monogamy; Parental behaviour; Promiscuity; Pup growth and survival; Social structure

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

CALOMYS; CALOMYS LAUCHA; CALOMYS MUSCULINUS;

EID: 0034210282     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2000.9522813     Document Type: Article

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