Influence of increasing number of mating partners on mating behaviour and reproduction in Brandt's voles

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-365

  Zhang, Jianjun ^a,b   Zhang, Zhibin ^a   Sun, Lixing ^c  

^a State Key Lab Pest Mgmt Insects R   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brandt's vole (Microtus brandti); Density; Operational sex ratio

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS BRANDTI; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444274815     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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