Kinship and sociality in coastal river otters: Are they related?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 705-714

  Blundell, Gail M ^a,b   Ben David, Merav ^c   Groves, Pamela ^b   Bowyer, R Terry ^b   Geffen, Eli ^d  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alaska; Kin selection; Lontra canadensis; Microsatellite DNA; Reproductive success; Schooling pelagic fishes; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DNA; KINSHIP; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LONTRA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 4344704850     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh110     Document Type: Article

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