Social vole parents force their mates to baby-sit

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 236-240

  Libhaber, Noga ^a   Eilam, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Maternal behavior; Mating system; Microtus socilalis; Monogamy; Parental behavior; Parental investment; Paternal behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATING; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS SOCIALIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0036398771     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10075     Document Type: Article

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