Associations are more strongly correlated with space use than kinship in female eastern grey kangaroos

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Best, Emily C ^a   Dwyer, Ross G ^a   Seddon, Jennifer M ^a   Goldizen, Anne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digiroo2; Home range; Kangaroo; Macropus giganteus; Network analysis; Social preference

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOME RANGE; KINSHIP; MARSUPIAL; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE USE;

EID: 84893398952     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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