Fine-scale spatial genetic correlation analyses reveal strong female philopatry within a brush-tailed rock-wallaby colony in southeast Queensland

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3621-3632

  Hazlitt, S L ^a   Eldridge, M D B ^a,b,c   Goldizen, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Female philopatry; Genetic structure; Macropod; Rock wallaby; Spatial microsatellite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; PENICILLATA; PETROGALE; PETROGALE PENICILLATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9644268125     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02342.x     Document Type: Article

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