Mating system, philopatry and patterns of kinship in the cooperatively breeding subdesert mesite Monias benschi

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3573-3583

  Seddon, N ^a   Amos, W ^a   Adcock, G ^b   Johnson, P ^a   Kraaijeveld, K ^b   Kraaijeveld Smit, F J L ^b   Lee, W ^a   Senapathi, G D ^a   Mulder, R A ^b   Tobias, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Kinship; Mating system; Microsatellites; Monias benschi; Subdesert mesite

Indexed keywords

AVES; MESITORNITHIDAE; MONIAS BENSCHI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NESTING; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33644878741     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02675.x     Document Type: Article

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