Social and genetic mating systems of the Asian lesser white-toothed shrew, crocidura shantungensis, in Taiwan

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1370-1380

  Lin, Ting Ting ^a   You, En Min ^a   Lin, Y Kirk ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crocidurinae; Home range; Mating system; Microsatellite; Parentage analysis; Spatial organization

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SMALL MAMMAL; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

TAIWAN;

AVES; CROCIDURA; CROCIDURA SHANTUNGENSIS; CROCIDURINAE; SORICIDAE;

EID: 73549089260     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-346R1.1     Document Type: Article

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