Decision making in dispersing Siberian flying squirrels

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-225

  Selonen, Vesa ^a   Hanski, Ilpo K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Mate choice; Natal dispersal; Territory prospecting

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; HABITAT SELECTION; MATE CHOICE; NATAL DISPERSAL; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; PTEROMYINI; PTEROMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 76749148090     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp179     Document Type: Article

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