Pair bonding and "the widow effect" in female prairie voles

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Thomas, Shawn A ^a   Wolff, Jerry O ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Mate choice; Monogamy; Pairbond; Prairie voles

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; PAIR BOND; RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL CARE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLE; WIDOW;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAIR BOND; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 2942566182     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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