Male-biased dispersal in a tropical Australian snake (Stegonotus cucullatus, Colubridae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3506-3514

  Dubey, S ^a   Brown, G P ^a   Madsen, T ^b   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mating system; Microsatellites; Movement patterns; Reptiles; Sex biased dispersal; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COLUBRIDAE; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW GUINEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS;

AVES; COLUBRIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; STEGONOTUS CUCULLATUS;

EID: 47649090111     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03859.x     Document Type: Article

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