Evidence for male-biased dispersal in bobcats Lynx rufus using relatedness analysis

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-47

  Janečka, Jan E ^a,d   Blankenship, Terry L ^b   Hirth, David H ^a   Kilpatrick, C William ^a   Tewes, Michael E ^c   Grassman Jr , Lon I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Dispersal; Ecology; Lynx rufus; Microsatellite DNA; Philopatry; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34249787654     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[38:EFMDIB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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