Females delay dispersal and breeding in a solitary gerbil, Meriones tamariscinus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Tchabovsky, Andrei ^a   Bazykin, Georgii ^b,c  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed breeding; Delayed dispersal; Kalmykia; Meriones tamariscinus; Natal philopatry

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; RODENT;

EURASIA; KALMYKIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES TAMARISCINUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1542318854     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0105:FDDABI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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