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Colonization in a pika population: dispersal vs. philopatry

Authors: Smith, A. T.; Ivins, B. L.
Year: 1983
Journal: Behavioral Ecology, Vol. 13, pp. 37-47
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00295074
Keywords: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, COLONIZATION, DISPERSAL, LAGOMORPHA, MAMMALOGY, OCHOTONA PRINCEPS, OCHOTONAPS, PHILOPATRY, PIKA, RMBL

Abstract

Relative tendencies toward dispersal or philopatry in a marked population of alpine mammals, the pika (Ochotona princeps), were investigated over a 3-year period in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to help understand their low intrapopulation genetic variability.

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