Unexpected Strong Polygyny in the Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Pauli, Jonathan N ^a   Peery, M Zachariah ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC MATING SYSTEM; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; POLYGYNY; PREDICTION; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLOTH; SOCIAL MATING SYSTEM; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SLOTHS;

BRADYPODIDAE; BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871312742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051389     Document Type: Article

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