Genetic relatedness and space use in a behaviorally flexible species of marmot, the woodchuck (Marmota monax)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 857-868

  Maher, Christine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Home range overlap; Kinship; Natal philopatry; Spatial organization

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOME RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KINSHIP; PHILOPATRY; RELATEDNESS; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE USE;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MONAX; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 63149124156     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0726-5     Document Type: Article

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