Analysis of the Mating System in the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) by Likelihood of Paternity
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 62 (4) , 706-712
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1380592
Abstract
Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) live in colonies composed of contiguous but separate groups called coteries. A coterie usually contaThis publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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