Mating order and reproductive success in male Columbian ground squirrels (Urocitellus columbianus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-547

  Raveh, Shirley ^a   Heg, Dik ^b   Dobson, F Stephen ^c,d   Coltman, David W ^e   Gorrell, Jamieson C ^e   Balmer, Adele ^d   Neuhaus, Peter ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Columbian ground squirrel; First male advantage; Mating strategy; Multiple paternity; Senescence; Urocitellus columbianus

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; LITTER SIZE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SENESCENCE; SPERM COMPETITION;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 77951140158     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq004     Document Type: Article

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