Environmental conditions affect spatial genetic structures and dispersal patterns in a solitary rodent

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5363-5373

  Messier, Gabrielle Dubuc ^a   Garant, Dany ^b   Bergeron, Patrick ^b   Réale, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

context dependent dispersal; eastern chipmunk; environmental variability; natal dispersal; spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; SCIURIDAE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEBEC; SCIURIDAE; SEEDS; TREES;

RODENTIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 84867678739     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12022     Document Type: Article

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