Space use and social structure of long-tailed singing mice (SCOTINOMYS XERAMPELINUS)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 715-723

  Blondel, Dimitri V ^a   Pino, Jorge ^a   Phelps, Steven M ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Home range; Mating system; Scotinomys; Social behavior; Space use

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPACE USE; TRACKING; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; SCOTINOMYS; SCOTINOMYS XERAMPELINUS;

EID: 67649975625     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-009R2.1     Document Type: Article

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