Complex social structure of southern flying squirrels is related to spatial proximity but not kinship

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-122

  Garroway, Colin J ^a,b   Bowman, Jeff ^a   Wilson, Paul J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Glaucomys volans; Kin selection; Lagged association rate; Mutualism; Social thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; MUTUALISM; RODENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THERMOREGULATION;

GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 84871937309     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1431-3     Document Type: Article

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