Female multiple mating and paternity in free-ranging North American red squirrels

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1927-1937

  Lane, Jeffrey E ^a   Boutin, Stan ^a   Gunn, Melissa R ^b   Slate, Jon ^c   Coltman, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fertilization assurance; genetic quality; infanticide avoidance; mammal; multimale mating; multiple paternity; North American red squirrel; selection gradient; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INFANTICIDE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; RODENT;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 44349170487     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.038     Document Type: Article

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