Dispersal in house mice

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 565-583

  Pocock, Michael J O ^a   Hauffe, Heidi C ^b   Searle, Jeremy B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Alpine Ecology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Home range; Migration; Movement; Mus musculus; Mus musculus domesticus; Population ecology; Population genetics; Population structure

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 15944421259     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00455.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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