Proximate causes of natal dispersal in female yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventris

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 218-227

  Armitage, Kenneth B ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^b   Ozgul, Arpat ^c   Oli, Madan K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Dispersal; Inbreeding avoidance; Kinship; Marmota flaviventris; Resource competition; Social cohesion; Space use overlap; Yellow bellied marmot

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEMALE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KINSHIP; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATAL DISPERSAL; NICHE OVERLAP; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE USE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOTA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS;

EID: 79955547012     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0109.1     Document Type: Article

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