Dominance status influences female reproductive strategy in a territorial African rodent Rhabdomys pumilio

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 579-587

  Kinahan, Anouska A ^a   Pillay, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

'Dear enemy'; Infanticide; Parental investment; Reproductive suppression; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FITNESS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; TERRITORIALITY;

MAMMALIA; MUS; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO; RODENTIA;

EID: 38049079975     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0482-3     Document Type: Article

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