Do common eiders nest in kin groups? Microgeographic genetic structure in a philopatric sea duck

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-657

  Sonsthagen, Sarah A ^a   Talbot, Sandy L ^b   Lanctot, Richard B ^c   McCracken, Kevin G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Common eider; Environmental variation; Habitat stability; Kin association; Site fidelity; Somateria mollissima v nigrum

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DUCK; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NESTING; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 77749277161     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04495.x     Document Type: Article

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