Variation in reproductive success of male and female columbian ground squirrels (urocitellus columbianus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 736-743

  Jones, Philip H ^a,b   van Zant, Jeffrey L ^b,c   Dobson, F Stephen ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HILLSDALE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bateman gradient; Life history; Multiple paternity; Operational sex ratio; Reproductive success; Urocitellus columbianus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GENETIC MARKER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATERNITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 84870666788     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z2012-042     Document Type: Article

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