Microhabitat heterogeneity influences offspring sex allocation and spatial kin structure in possums

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1250-1256

  Banks, Sam C ^a   Knight, Emma J ^a   Dubach, Jean E ^b   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Daniel F and Ada L Rice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic spatial autocorrelation; Habitat heterogeneity; Local resource competition; Sex allocation; Trichosurus

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISPERSAL; EVERGREEN FOREST; FITNESS; HETEROGENEITY; MARSUPIAL; MICROHABITAT; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TRICHOSURUS;

EUCALYPTUS; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 53949101539     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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