On the dynamics of rodent social groups

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Ebensperger, Luis A ^a   Hayes, Loren D ^b  

^a Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Group living; Immigration; Natal philopatry; Social dynamics; Sociality

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRATION; PHILOPATRY; RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEREDITY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RODENTIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 48949092295     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.05.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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