Low genetic variability, female-biased dispersal and high movement rates in an urban population of Eurasian badgers Meles meles

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 905-915

  Huck, Maren ^a,b   Frantz, Alain C ^b   Dawson, Deborah A ^b   Burke, Terry ^b   Roper, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group size; Outbreeding; Population density; Sex typing; Sex biased dispersal; Spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROUP SIZE; HAIR; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; PATERNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

BRIGHTON; BRIGHTON AND HOVE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 49649117933     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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