Tug of war between continental gene flow and rearing site philopatry in a migratory bird: The sex-biased dispersal paradigm reconsidered

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 593-602

  Lecomte, Nicolas ^a,b,d   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Giroux, Jean François ^c   Milot, Emmanuel ^b   Bernatchez, Louis ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fine scale structure; Goose; Migration; Pairing; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GOOSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GEESE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANSER; AVES; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA;

EID: 58849093157     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04067.x     Document Type: Article

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