Density dependence of infanticide and recognition of pup sex in male bank voles

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 871-881

  Korpela, Katri ^a   Sundell, Janne ^a,b   Ylönen, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Density; Infanticide; Male aggression; Myodes = clethrionomys; Sex recognition; Sex bias

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; INVERTEBRATA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952516424     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X495780     Document Type: Article

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