Effects of relatedness on social interaction rates in a solitary marmot

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 925-933

  Maher, Christine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

interaction; kinship; marmot; Marmota monax; sociality; woodchuck

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MARKER; KINSHIP; PREDATION RISK; RELATEDNESS; RODENT; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MONAX; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 70349163359     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.027     Document Type: Article

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