Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 573-585

  Huang, Brian ^a   Wey, Tina W ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HAREM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POLYGYNY; RANKING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 79958864766     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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