Social and ecological influences on dispersal and philopatry in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 622-635

  Dobson, F Stephen ^a   Smith, Andrew T ^b   Gao, Wang Xue ^c,d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^d Tianjin Natural History Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Black lipped pika; China; Dispersal; Inbreeding; Mate competition; Ochotona curzoniae; Philopatry; Plateau pika; Resource competition; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; MAMMAL; PHILOPATRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031729804     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.6.622     Document Type: Article

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