Kin-related spatial structure in brown bears Ursus arctos

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-197

  Støen, Ole Gunnar ^a   Bellemain, Eva ^b   Sæbø, Solve ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Genetic distance; Matriline; Philopatry; Social structure

Indexed keywords

BEAR; HOME RANGE; KIN RECOGNITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 27644565638     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0024-9     Document Type: Article

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