Sexual motivation suppresses paternal behaviour of male gerbils during their mates' postpartum oestrus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-57

  Clark, Mertice M ^a   Johnson, Jeanine ^a   Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PATERNAL CARE; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 1142306093     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.02.006     Document Type: Article

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