Intrasexual competition and female dominance in a singular breeding mammal, the Alpine marmot

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1155-1163

  Lardy, Sophie ^a   Allainé, Dominique ^a   Cohas, Aurélie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine marmot; Female competition; Marmota marmota; Reproductive life span; Reproductive skew; Reproductive suppression; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BODY MASS; BREEDING; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MAMMAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA;

EID: 84888206407     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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