Mean colony relatedness is a poor predictor of colony structure and female philopatry in the communally breeding Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-210

  Kerth, Gerald ^a   Safi, Kamran ^a   König, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Family pedigree; Microsatellites; Population structure; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONY; PHILOPATRY; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI;

EID: 0036705553     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0499-6     Document Type: Article

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