Sex differences, effects of male presence and coordination of nest visits in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) during the immediate postnatal period

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-201

  Mcguire, Betty ^a,b   Parker, Erika ^a,c   Bemis, William E ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL CARE; NEST GUARDING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PATERNAL CARE; PRAIRIE; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 33846855811     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[187:SDEOMP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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