Genetic consequences of sex-biased dispersal in a solitary carnivore: Yellowstone cougars

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-315

  Biek, Roman ^a,e   Akamine, Naomi ^b   Schwartz, Michael K ^c   Ruth, Toni K ^d   Murphy, Kerry M ^d,f   Poss, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emigration; Immigration; Microsatellites; Philopatry; Puma concolor; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CARNIVORE; DISPERSAL; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMIGRATION; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CARNIVORE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMA; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

MAMMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 33745315002     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0437     Document Type: Article

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