Do female bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) mate multiply to improve on previous mates?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-421

  Klemme, Ines ^a   Eccard, Jana A ^a,b   Ylönen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Multiple mating; Paternity; Sequential mating; Voles

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; LITTER SIZE; MATE CHOICE; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RODENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERM COMPETITION;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33745267706     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0181-5     Document Type: Article

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