Polygynandrous and repeated mounting behaviour in European badgers, Meles meles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1287-1297

  Dugdale, Hannah L ^a,b   Griffiths, Amy ^a,c   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body condition; Extragroup mating; Genetic diversity; Grooming behaviour; Meles meles; Microsatellites; Multiple mating; Promiscuous mating; Repeated mating; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY CONDITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA SET; DOMINANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; MATING BEHAVIOR; MUSTELID; PATERNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK FACTOR; SPERM COMPETITION;

EUROPE;

MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 82355191724     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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