Breeding behavior under temporal risk of predation in male root voles (Microtus oeconomus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 953-960

  Bian, Jianghui ^a,b   Wu, Yan ^c   Liu, Jike ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Division of Plastic Surgery   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding behavior; Corticosterone; Microtus oeconomus; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING; PREDATION RISK;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 27244444375     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[953:BBUTRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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