Sexual selection in a polygynous rodent (Ctenomys talarum): An analysis of fighting capacity

Zoology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 405-410

  Becerra, Federico ^a   Echeverría, Alejandra I ^a   Marcos, Alejandra ^a   Casinos, Adrià ^b   Vassallo, Aldo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bite force; Mating system; Rodentia; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INCISOR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INCISOR; MALE; RODENTIA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

CAVIOMORPHA; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870235859     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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