Higher relatedness within groups due to variable subadult dispersal in a rainforest skink, Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-448

  Sumner, Joanna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae; Microsatellite; Relatedness; Skink

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; RAINFOREST; RELATEDNESS;

ATHERTON TABLELAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; GNYPETOSCINCUS QUEENSLANDIAE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745155012     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01599.x     Document Type: Article

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