Movements of dispersing flying squirrels in relation to siblings and parents

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1019-1027

  Selonen, Vesa ^a   Hanski, Ilpo K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Intrasexual competition; Litter effects; Parent offspring; Sex biased natal dispersal; Sociality

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; INBREEDING; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; JUVENILE; LITTER SIZE; NATAL DISPERSAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RODENT; SIBLING;

PTEROMYINI; PTEROMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 77952674801     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0917-0     Document Type: Article

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