Kin selection in columbian ground squirrels (Urocitellus columbianus): Littermate kin provide individual fitness benefits

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1684, 2010, Pages 989-994

  Viblanc, Vincent A ^a   Arnaud, Coline M ^b   Stephen Dobson, F ^b,c   Murie, Jan O ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individual fitness; Kin recognition; Kin selection; Path analysis; Philopatry; Urocitellus columbianus

Indexed keywords

BURROW; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILIARITY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KIN RECOGNITION; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATH ANALYSIS; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 77950834198     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1960     Document Type: Article

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