Male reproductive tactics to increase paternity in the polygynandrous Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 695-706

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Columbian ground squirrels; Male reproductive success; Mate guarding; Mating order; Multiple mating; Paternity

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SPERM;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 79952703030     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1071-4     Document Type: Article

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