Mating strategies of Pampean mouse males

Animal Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-396

  Bonatto, Florencia ^c   Gomez, Daniela ^c   Steinmann, Andrea ^c   Priotto, José ^a,b  

^a Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cricetidae; mating system; Sigmodontinae; space use

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; HOME RANGE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPACE USE;

EID: 84874850701     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075612X634102     Document Type: Article

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