A genetic approach to estimating natal dispersal distances and self-recruitment in resident rainforest birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-42

  Woltmann, Stefan ^a,b   Sherry, Thomas W ^a   Kreiser, Brian R ^a,c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATAL DISPERSAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOLUTION; TERRITORY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AVES; MYRMECIZA EXSUL; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 84858747509     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05572.x     Document Type: Article

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