Polygynandry in a red fox population: Implications for the evolution of group living in canids?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 766-778

  Baker, Philip J ^a   Funk, Stephan M ^a,b   Bruford, Michael W ^b,c   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominant males females; Maternity; Paternity; Red foxes; Subordinate males females

Indexed keywords

CANID; EVOLUTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY;

BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 4344569713     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh077     Document Type: Article

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