The influence of adult female absence on the spacing behaviour of juvenile corn mice, Calomys musculinus: A removal experiment

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 366-372

  Steinmann, Andrea ^a,b   Priotto, José ^a,b   Sommaro, Lucia ^a   Polop, Jaime ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SPACING;

CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748807775     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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