A comparison of techniques for assessing dispersal behaviour in gundis: Revealing dispersal patterns in the absence of observed dispersal behaviour

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3541-3556

  Nutt, Karen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communal breeding; Gene flow; Kin selection; Natal dispersal; Population structure; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CTENODACTYLIDAE; CTENODACTYLUS GUNDI; RODENTIA;

EID: 47649085898     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03858.x     Document Type: Article

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