The mating system of a 'lazy' mammal, Hoffmann's two-toed sloth

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 555-562

  Peery, M Zachariah ^a   Pauli, Jonathan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Choloepus hoffmanni; Dispersal; Hoffmann's two toed sloth; Mating system; Paternity; Relatedness; Space use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; HOME RANGE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; MOBILITY; MONOGAMY; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYGYNY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPACE USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COSTA RICA;

CHOLOEPUS HOFFMANNI; MAMMALIA; MEGALONYCHIDAE; SLOTHS;

EID: 84865395854     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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