Mate fidelity and intra-lineage polygyny in greater horseshoe bats

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7057, 2005, Pages 408-411

  Rossiter, Stephen J ^a,b   Ransome, Roger D ^b   Faulkes, Christopher G ^a   Le Comber, Steven C ^a   Jones, Gareth ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INBREEDING; INTRA-LINEAGE POLYGYNY; KINSHIP; MATING; POLYGYNY; SOCIAL GROUPS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BAT; KINSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BAT; BREEDING; INBREEDING; KIN SELECTION; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY;

RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 25144433890     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03965     Document Type: Article

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