Spatial variation in food availability predicts extrapair paternity in the arctic fox

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1364-1373

  Cameron, Cassandra ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^a   Dufresne, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

arctic fox; extrapair paternity; mating system; resource availability; Vulpes lagopus

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; CANID; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANSER; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 80455177352     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr158     Document Type: Article

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