The influence of social breeding groups on effective population size in black-tailed prairie dogs

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-66

  Dobson, F Stephen ^a   Chesser, Ronald K ^b   Hoogland, John L ^c   Sugg, Derrick W ^d   Foltz, David W ^e  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Demography; Effective population size; Genetics; Pedigree; Social structure

Indexed keywords

CANID; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 1542348955     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0058:TIOSBG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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