Does soil type drive social organization in southern hairy-nosed wombats?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 199-208

  Walker, Faith M ^a,b   Taylor, Andrea C ^a   Sunnucks, Paul ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossorial; Marsupial; Microsatellite; Resource structure; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOIL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOIL; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; LASIORHINUS LATIFRONS; METATHERIA;

EID: 33845796585     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03131.x     Document Type: Article

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