Are extra-pair young better than within-pair young? A comparison of survival and dominance in alpine marmot

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 771-781

  Cohas, Aurélie ^a   Bonenfant, Christophe ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Allainé, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Multiple paternity; Multistate model; Reproductive success; Survival

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 34250778274     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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