Why are American mink sexually dimorphic? A role for niche separation

Oikos

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 525-535

  Thom, Michael D ^a,b   Harrington, Lauren A ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MORPHOMETRY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREDATOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 3042636495     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12830.x     Document Type: Article

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