Kinship in colonial tuco-tucos: Evidence from group composition and population structure

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 988-996

  Lacey, Eileen A ^a   Wieczorek, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenomys; Dispersal; Kinship; Philopatry; Sociality; Tuco tucos

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; KINSHIP; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS SOCIABILIS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544379150     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh104     Document Type: Article

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