Female choice in a promiscuous wild guinea pig, the yellow-toothed cavy (Galea musteloides)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 341-349

  Hohoff, Christa ^a   Franzen, Kerstin ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female choice; Galea musteloides; Mate choice apparatus; Promiscuity; Yellow toothed cavy

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MULTIPLE MATING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; CAVIIDAE; GALEA; GALEA MUSTELOIDES; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038684394     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0569-9     Document Type: Article

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