Female northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) that roost together are related

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 949-954

  Patriquin, Krista J ^a   Palstra, Friso ^b   Leonard, Marty L ^a   Broders, Hugh G ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bat; fission fusion; Myotis septentrionalis; pairwise association; pairwise relatedness; sociality.

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONY; EUSOCIALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; KIN SELECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEPOTISM; RELATEDNESS; ROOST SITE;

MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS MYOTIS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 84879074824     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art012     Document Type: Article

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