The Interplay of Landscape Features and Social System on the Genetic Structure of a Primate Population: An Agent-Based Simulation Study Using "Tamarins"

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 226-257

  Di Fiore, Anthony ^a   Valencia, Lina Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Callitrichines; Landscape genetics; Modeling; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893729527     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9726-4     Document Type: Article

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