Reproductive performance links to fine-scale spatial patterns of female grey seal relatedness

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1468, 2001, Pages 711-717

  Pomeroy, P P ^a   Worthington Wilmer, J ^a   Amos, W ^a   Twiss, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness; Grey seals; Habitat quality; Relatedness; Reproduction; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

PINNIPED; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

RONA; SCOTLAND (HIGHLAND); UNITED KINGDOM;

GRYPUS; HALICHOERES; HALICHOERES GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035820286     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1422     Document Type: Article

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