Genetic and spatial structure within a swift fox population

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1173-1181

  Kitchen, Ann M ^a   Gese, Eric M ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^b   Karki, Seija M ^a   Schauster, Edward R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Kin clusters; Relatedness; Social tolerance; Space use patterns; Swift fox

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DNA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; RELATEDNESS; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DATA;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 33845531298     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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