Effects of female immigrants on demography and social organization of prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) populations

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 781-787

  Lin, Y Kirk ^a,b   Hayes, Loren D ^a   Solomon, Nancy G ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Dispersal; Immigration; Infanticide; Microtus; Prairie voles; Social organization

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; IMMIGRATION; RODENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 4344680622     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BEL-013     Document Type: Article

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