Mother-offspring interactions do not affect natal dispersal in a small rodent

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 665-673

  Le Galliard, J F ^a,c   Gundersen, G ^a,b   Steen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Inbreeding avoidance; Kin competition; Natal dispersal; Passive integrated transponders; Sociality

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HOME RANGE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; NATAL DISPERSAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; POLYGYNY; RODENT; TERRITORY;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547700329     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm023     Document Type: Article

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