On the evolution of group-living in the New World cursorial hystricognath rodents

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-236

  Ebensperger, L A ^a   Cofre H ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Burrows; Comparative analysis; Parental care; Predatory risk; Rodent sociality

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BURROWING; EVOLUTION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035089547     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.2.227     Document Type: Article

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