Male mate guarding in a socially monogamous mammal, the round-eared sengi: On costs and trade-offs

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-264

  Schubert, Melanie ^a,c   Schradin, Carsten ^b,c   Rödel, Heiko G ^a   Pillay, Neville ^c   Ribble, David O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephant shrews; Male body condition; Male body mass loss; Mating system; Neighboring males; Prolonged mate guarding

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; DESERT; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MATE GUARDING; MONOGAMY; PATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SMALL MAMMAL; TRACKING; TRADE-OFF; TRAPPING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

MACROSCELIDES PROBOSCIDEUS; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 77950544634     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0842-2     Document Type: Article

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