Sociality, mating system and reproductive skew in marmots: Evidence and hypotheses

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 21-34

  Allainé, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Marmots; Monogamy; Polygyny; Reproductive skew; Sociality

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COOPERATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; MATING; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0034609734     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(00)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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