Experimental tests of spatial association and kinship in monogamous mice (Mus spicilegus) and polygynous mice (Mus musculus domesticus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 980-986

  Dobson, F Stephen ^a   Baudoin, Claude ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS;

BIODIVERSITY;

KINSHIP; MONOGAMY; POLYGYNY; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUS SPICILEGUS; MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036435950     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-055     Document Type: Article

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