Patterns and processes of dispersal behaviour in arvicoline rodents

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 505-523

  Le Galliard, Jean François ^a,b   Rémy, Alice ^c,d   Ims, Rolf A ^e   Lambin, Xavier ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

condition dependent dispersal; mammals; mating systems; natal and breeding dispersal; sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; INBREEDING; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARVICOLINAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84855906371     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05410.x     Document Type: Review

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