A molecular genetic analysis of social structure, dispersal, and interpack relationships of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-198

  Girman, Derek J ^a,b   Mills, M G L ^c   Geffen, Eli ^d   Wayne, Robert K ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Genetic relatedness; Lycaon pictus; Microsatellite loci; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 0030985626     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050332     Document Type: Article

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