Polyandry and polygyny in an African rodent pest species, Mastomys natalensis

Mammalia

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 150-160

  Kennis, Jan ^a   Sluydts, Vincent ^a   Leirs, Herwig ^a,b   Van Hooft, W F Pim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CERVUS; GERUD; Mating system; Microsatellites; Multimammate mouse; Multiple paternity

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 53549083782     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2008.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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