Individual variation in dispersal associated with phenotype influences fine-scale genetic structure in weasels

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 499-509

  McDevitt, Allan D ^a,b   Oliver, Matthew K ^a,c   Piertney, Stuart B ^c   Szafrańska, Paulina A ^a   Konarzewski, Marek ^a,d   Zub, Karol ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic barrier; Body mass; Habitat selection; Intra specific competition; Microsatellites; Mustela nivalis; Radio tracking; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MUSTELID; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RADIOTELEMETRY;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; POLAND;

MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 84875704755     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0376-4     Document Type: Article

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