Linking heterozygosity, demography, and fitness of tropical populations of Liomys pictus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 810-822

  Vázquez Domínguez, Ella ^a   Piñero, Daniel ^a   Ceballos, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Fitness; Heteromyid rodents; Heterozygosity; Liomys pictus; Population density

Indexed keywords

CHAETODIPUS SPINATUS; HETEROMYIDAE; LIOMYS PICTUS; RODENTIA; SPINY;

EID: 17944384113     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383250     Document Type: Article

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