Female home range size is regulated by resource distribution and intraspecific competition: a long-term field study

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Schradin, Carsten ^a,b   Schmohl, Gabriela ^a   Rödel, Heiko G ^c   Schoepf, Ivana ^a,b   Treffler, Stella M ^b   Brenner, Julian ^b   Bleeker, Maarten ^b   Schubert, Melanie ^b,c   König, Barbara ^a   Pillay, Neville ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

breeding season; cooperative breeding; interspecific variation; intraspecific variation; Rhabdomys pumilio; space use; striped mouse

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOME RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SPACE USE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

MUS; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO;

EID: 72149100978     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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