Interaction of photoperiod and testes development is associated with paternal care in Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow voles)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 91-95

  Parker, Karen J ^a   Lee, Theresa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Meadow vole; Microtus; Paternal behavior; Photoperiod; Polygynous; Testes weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MORTALITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; VOLE;

EID: 0036466013     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00636-9     Document Type: Article

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