Kinship structure and mating system in a solitary subterranean rodent, the silvery mole-rat

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 757-767

  Patzenhauerová, Hana ^a   Bryja, Josef ^a   Šumbera, Radim ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Heliophobius; Kinship structure; Mating system; Subterranean rodent

Indexed keywords

BURROW; DISPERSAL; EUSOCIALITY; GENETIC MARKER; KINSHIP; MONOGAMY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SEX RATIO; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

MALAWI;

BATHYERGIDAE; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; HELIOPHOBIUS; HELIOPHOBIUS ARGENTEOCINEREUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77950526866     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0893-4     Document Type: Article

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