Genetic inference of group dynamics and female kin structure in a western lowland gorilla population (<i>Gorilla gorilla gorilla</i>)
Dispersal and grouping patterns form the foundations of social interactions in group-living mammals and are the outcomes of a complex interplay between inbreeding avoidance, kin cooperation and competition, predation pressure and food resource distribution. In species where both sexes disperse, the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-12-01
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Series: | Primate Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.primate-biol.net/1/29/2014/pb-1-29-2014.pdf |