Kinship associations of a solitary rodent, Dipodomys ingens, at fluctuating population densities

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 643-650

  Meshriy, Matt G ^a   Randall, Jan A ^a   Parra, Leslie ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipodomys ingens; Kangaroo rat; Kinships; Microsatellite; Philopatry; Rodent; Social system

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISPERSAL; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HOME RANGE; INBREEDING; KINSHIP; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS INGENS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80052705953     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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