Adaptive size modification by dominant female meerkats

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1600-1607

  Russell, Andrew F ^a,b   Carlson, Anne A ^a,e   McIlrath, Grant M ^c   Jordan, Neil R ^a,d   Clutton Brock, Tim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eusocial; Fecundity; Morphological modification; Naked mole rat; Progesterone; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; HEXAPODA; RODENTIA; SURICATA SURICATTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543061203     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01739.x     Document Type: Article

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