Delayed maturity, group fission and the limits of group size in female Cape ground squirrels (Sciuridae: Xerus inauris)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-120

  Waterman, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground squirrels; Group size; Reproductive suppression; Xerus inauris

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; LIMITING FACTOR; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

NAMIBIA;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; VERTEBRATA; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 0036159363     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952836902000146     Document Type: Article

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