Female American mink, Mustela vison, mate multiply in a free-choice environment

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 975-984

  Thom, Michael D ^a,c   Macdonald, David W ^a   Mason, Georgia J ^a   Pedersen, Vivi ^b   Johnson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HOME RANGE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 2442457657     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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