From population structure to individual behaviour: Genetic analysis of social structure in the European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 57-71

  Surridge, A K ^a   Bell, D J ^a   Hewitt, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female philopatry; Genetic structure; Male dispersal; Microsatellites; Social behaviour; Wahlund effect

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032826984     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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