A field test of the effects of familiarity and relatedness on social associations and reproduction in prairie voles

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-27

  Lucia, Kristen E ^a   Keane, Brian ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Miami University Hamilton   (United States)

Author keywords

Inbreeding avoidance; Kin discrimination; Kin recognition; Microtus ochrogaster

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FIELD METHOD; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; KIN RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPE; PRAIRIE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84855201811     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1247-6     Document Type: Article

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