'Little chipmunk' syndrome? Male body size and dominance in captive yellow-pine chipmunks (Tamias amoenus)

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-137

  Schulte Hostedde, A I ^a,b   Millar, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; MATING SUCCESS; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS AMOENUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS'; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036188124     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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