Maternal effects and additive genetic inheritance in the collared lemming Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-182

  Boonstra, Rudy ^a   Hochachka, Wesley M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; behaviour; Canadian Arctic; collared lemming; cycles; Dicrostonyx groenlandicus; dispersal; heritability; maternal effects; size

Indexed keywords

DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS;

COLLARED LEMMING; GENETIC INHERITANCE; MATERNAL EFFECT; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0030618352     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018447815825     Document Type: Article

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