Microgeographic socio-genetic structure of an African cooperative breeding passerine revealed: Integrating behavioural and genetic data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 662-672

  Ribeiro, A M ^a,b   Lloyd, P ^b   Feldheim, K A ^c   Bowie, Rauri C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersal strategies; extra pair paternity; Karoo scrub robin; mark recapture; microsatellites; relatedness

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84855901137     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05236.x     Document Type: Article

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