Sex and the single vole: Effects of social grouping on prairie vole reproductive success

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 871-884

  Hodges, Karen E ^a,c   Mech, Stephen ^a,b   Wolff, Jerry O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036795713     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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