Female dispersal and male kinship-based association in southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1361-1374

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Kinship; Marsupial; Microsatellites; Molecular ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

LASIORHINUS LATIFRONS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VOMBATIDAE;

EID: 39749186045     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03670.x     Document Type: Article

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