Age at first mating affects parental effort and fecundity of female Mongolian gerbils

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1129-1134

  Clark, Mertice M ^a   Moghaddas, Masha ^a   Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; FECUNDITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RODENT;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0036036257     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3019     Document Type: Article

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