Breeding groups and gene dynamics in a socially structured population of prairie dogs

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 671-680

  Dobson, F Stephen ^a   Chesser, Ronald K ^b,c   Hoogland, John L ^d   Sugg, Derrick W ^b   Foltz, David W ^e  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Black tailed prairie dogs; Breeding groups; Demography; Gene dynamics; Pedigrees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000400073     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383079     Document Type: Article

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