Large males dominate: Ecology, social organization, and mating system of wild cavies, the ancestors of the guinea pig

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1509-1521

  Asher, Matthias ^a   Lippmann, Tanja ^b   Epplen, Jörg T ^b   Kraus, Cornelia ^c   Trillmich, Fritz ^c   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavia aperea; Mating systems; Paternity; Social organization; Spatial organization; Wild cavy; Wild guinea pig

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOME RANGE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; CAVIA MAGNA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CAVIIDAE; CAVIOMORPHA; GALEA MUSTELOIDES; MICROCAVIA AUSTRALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 44949181685     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0580-x     Document Type: Article

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