Factors affecting the reproductive success of dominant male meerkats

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2287-2299

  Spong, Göran F ^a,b,c,d   Hodge, Sarah J ^a   Young, Andrew J ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demographic factors; Dominance; Group effects; Reproductive skew; Reproductive tenure; Sexual selection; Suricata suricatta

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 42449088624     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03734.x     Document Type: Article

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