Sex ratio variation in the cooperatively breeding alpine marmot Marmota marmota

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 997-1002

  Allainé, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeders; Generalized linear models; Marmota marmota; Sex ratio variation

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SEX RATIO;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8144221237     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh105     Document Type: Article

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