A comparison of the maternal care of females within prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) communal groups

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 543-554

  Hayes, Loren D ^a,b   Solomon, Nancy G ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROOMING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; MATERNAL CARE; PRAIRIE; RODENT;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 34547525112     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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