Sex-biased dispersal patterns depend on the spatial scale in a social rodent

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1672, 2009, Pages 3487-3494

  Gauffre, B ^a   Petit, E ^b,c   Brodier, S ^d   Bretagnolle, V ^d   Cosson, J F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal distances; Female kin clusters; Genetic analyses; Microtus arvalis; Natal and breeding dispersal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COLONIZATION; COLONY FOUNDING; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; RODENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VOLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; RODENTIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349612499     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0881     Document Type: Article

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