Influence of scramble competition for mates upon the spatial ability of male meadow voles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 375-386

  Spritzer, Mark D ^a,b   Solomon, Nancy G ^a   Meikle, Douglas B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 11844281583     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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