Behavioral and genetic aspects of male social groups in raccoons

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1473-1480

  Gehrt, Stanley D ^a   Gergits, William F ^b   Fritzell, Erik K ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Therion Corporation   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition; Genetics; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Relatedness; Social behavior; Texas

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; KIN SELECTION; MAMMAL; RELATEDNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 58149267656     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-403.1     Document Type: Article

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