Genetic relationships between roost-mates in a fission-fusion society of tree-roosting big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1043-1051

  Metheny, Jackie D ^a   Kalcounis Rueppell, Matina C ^a   Willis, Craig K R ^b   Kolar, Kristen A ^c   Brigham, R Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eptesicus; Fission fusion; Relatedness; Roosting associations

Indexed keywords

BAT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KINSHIP; MATERNAL EFFECT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOSTING;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 42449132252     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0531-y     Document Type: Article

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