Temporal patterns of range use in water voles: Do females' territories drift?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 655-661

  Moorhouse, Tom P ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arvicola terrestris; Drifting territoriality; Mating behavior; Radiotracking

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; SMALL MAMMAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRITORIALITY;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE;

EID: 24144480243     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086[0655:TPORUI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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