Effect of local density of males on the occurrence of multimale mating in gray-sided voles (Myodes rufocanus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 388-397

  Ishibashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Saitoh, Takashi ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density change; Intrasexual competition; Microsatellites; Multiple paternity; Myodes rufocanus; Promiscuous mating system

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; DOMINANCE; HOME RANGE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATING SUCCESS; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; TRAPPING; WEANING;

CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 43049110231     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-036.1     Document Type: Article

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