Mating order and reproductive success in male Columbian ground squirrels (Urocitellus columbianus)
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Shirley Raveh, Dik Heg, F. Stephen Dobson, David W. Coltman, Jamieson C. Gorrell, Adele Balmer, and Peter Neuhaus University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology, Eco-Ethology, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Case postale 158, 2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Department of Behavioural Ecology, University of Bern, Wohlenstr. 50a, 3032 Hinterkappelen, Switzerland, Groupe d’Ecologie Comportementale, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France, Department of Biological Sciences, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA, Department of Biological Sciences, CW405, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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تاریخ انتشار 2010