Multi-male mating by paired and unpaired female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1147-1160

  Wolff, Jerry O ^a   Mech, Stephen G ^a,b   Dunlap, Aimee S ^a,c   Hodges, Karen E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 0036708826     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390260437308     Document Type: Article

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