Early play may predict later dominance relationships in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1759, 2013, Pages

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a,b   Chung, Lawrance K ^b   Smith, Jennifer E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Function of play; Play; Practice hypothesis; Yellow bellied marmots

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FITNESS; JUVENILE; PLAY; RODENT;

EID: 84878217684     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0485     Document Type: Article

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