Temporal changes in kin structure through a population cycle in a territorial bird, the red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2544-2551

  Piertney, Stuart B ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^a   Maccoll, Andrew D C ^a,d   Lock, Kerry ^a   Bacon, Philip J ^b   Dallas, John F ^a   Leckie, Fiona ^b   Mougeot, Francois ^a,b,c   Racey, Paul A ^a   Redpath, Steve ^a,b   Moss, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Kin structure; Lagopus; Population cycles; Red grouse

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GALLIFORMES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; GALLIFORMES; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 43049097859     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03778.x     Document Type: Article

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