Philopatry and reproductive success in Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2577-2588

  Goossens, B ^a,b,c   Setchell, J M ^d   James, S S ^a,b,c   Funk, S M ^e   Chikhi, L ^f   Abulani, A ^c   Ancrenaz, M ^c   Lackman Ancrenaz, I ^c,g   Bruford, M W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^g Pittsburgh Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Faeces; Noninvasive genetics; Orang utans; Relatedness; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PEDIGREE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 33745907566     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02952.x     Document Type: Article

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