Sex-biased natal dispersal and inbreeding avoidance in American black bears as revealed by spatial genetic analyses

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4713-4723

  Costello, Cecily M ^a   Creel, Scott R ^b   Kalinowski, Steven T ^b   Vu, Ninh V ^b   Quigley, Howard B ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Density; Dispersal; DNA; Inbreeding; Kin recognition; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW MEXICO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; URSIDAE;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 54849416807     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03930.x     Document Type: Article

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