Spatial genetic analysis and long-term mark-recapture data demonstrate male-biased dispersal in a snake

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-35

  Keogh, J Scott ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^b   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mating system; Movement patterns; Sex biased dispersal; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; AUTOCORRELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNAKE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MARK RECAPTURE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ELAPIDAE; RHINOPLOCEPHALUS NIGRESCENS; SERPENTES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELAPIDAE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 34249848173     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0570     Document Type: Article

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