Reproductive success in reindeer males in a herd with varying sex ratio

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1239-1243

  Røed, Knut H ^a   Holand, Øystein ^a   Smith, Martin E ^a   Gjøstein, Hallvard ^a   Kumpula, Jouko ^b   Nieminen, Mauri ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caribou; Dominance hierarchy; Paternity; Reindeer; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

RANGIFER TARANDUS; VERTEBRATA;

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINDEER; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DNA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINDEER; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4243352731     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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