Spatial arrangement of kin affects recruitment success in young male red grouse

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-270

  MacColl, Andrew D C ^a,b   Piertney, Stuart B ^c   Moss, Robert ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT; RELATEDNESS;

EID: 0033862598     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900206.x     Document Type: Article

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