Colony kin structure and host-parasite relatedness in the barnacle goose

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4955-4963

  Anderholm, Sofia ^a   Waldeck, Peter ^a   Van Der Jeugd, Henk P ^b   Marshall, Rupert C ^a,c   Larsson, Kjell ^d   Andersson, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Fine scale spatial structure; Natal philopatry; Protein fingerprinting; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOOSE; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; EGGS; FEMALE; GEESE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 70449722859     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04397.x     Document Type: Article

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