Emerging themes and future challenges: Forgotten rodents, neglected questions

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1212-1227

  Tang Martínez, Zuleyma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Early environment; Geographic variation; Latin America; Neuroendocrinology; Rodents; Sociality

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PAIR BOND; PARENTAL CARE; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SOUTH AMERICA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0345223487     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BLe-015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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