Monogamy correlates, socioecological factors, and mating systems in beavers

Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 138-146

  Sun, Lixing ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139087247.009     Document Type: Chapter

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