Are Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) induced or spontaneous ovulators?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-66

  Bouchie, Lynette ^a   Bennett, Nigel C ^b   Jackson, T ^b   Waterman, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ground squirrel; Induced ovulation; Progesterone; Spontaneous ovulation; Xerus

Indexed keywords

INDUCED RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RODENT; SPERM COMPETITION;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; XERUS; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 33644605757     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/04-MAMM-A-192R1.1     Document Type: Article

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