Complex mating system and dispersal patterns in a social lizard, Egernia whitii

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1215-1227

  Chapple, David G ^a,b   Keogh, J Scott ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Monogamy; Philopatry; Polygyny; Relatedness; Sex biased dispersal; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 16344364582     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02486.x     Document Type: Article

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