Resources, not kinship, determine social patterning in the territorial Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-69

  Verdolin, J L ^a   Slobodchikoff, C N ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; PHILOPATRY; RELATEDNESS; TERRITORIALITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS GUNNISONI;

EID: 58149091958     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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