Body weight and rearing conditions of males, female choice and paternities in a small mammal, Cavia aperea

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 897-906

  Adrian, Oliver ^a   Dekomien, Gabriele ^b   Epplen, Jörg T ^b   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REARING; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION;

CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; CAVIIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 49349100783     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01548.x     Document Type: Article

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