Territorial behaviour in corn mice, Calomys musculinus (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), with regard to mating system

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-58

  Steinmann, Andrea R ^a,b   Priotto, José W ^a,b   Polop, Jaime J ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Home range; Murids; Promiscuous polygynous; Spacing behaviour; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; MURIDAE; MUS; SIGMODONTINAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58149277416     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-008-0083-2     Document Type: Article

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