Familiarity and flexible mating strategies of a solitary rodent, Dipodomys ingens

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-21

  Randall, Jan A ^a   Hekkala, Evon R ^a   Cooper, Loni D ^a   Barfield, Julia ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS INGENS; MACROPUS SP.; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036379149     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3029     Document Type: Article

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