Female teat size is a reliable indicator of annual breeding success in European badgers: Genetic validation

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 716-721

  Dugdale, Hannah L ^a,b   Davison, Dan ^a   Baker, Sandra E ^a   Ellwood, Stephen A ^a   Newman, Chris ^a   Buesching, Christina D ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Generalised Linear Mixed Model; Genetic validation; Meles meles; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MODEL VALIDATION; MUSTELID; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESEARCH WORK;

MAMMALIA; MELES MELES;

EID: 80053611628     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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