Group structure, kinship, inbreeding risk and habitual female dispersal in plural-breeding mammals

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2624-2630

  Lukas, D ^a   Clutton Brock, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female mammals; Inbreeding; Kinship; Mating strategies; Natal dispersal; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISPERSAL; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FEEDING; HABITUATION; INBREEDING; KINSHIP; PHILOPATRY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYANDRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 81155122957     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02385.x     Document Type: Article

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