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Polygynandry, extra-group paternity and multiple-paternity litters in European badger (Meles meles) social groups.

Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2007

Dugdale Hannah L, Macdonald David W, Pope Lisa C, Burke Terry

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The costs and benefits of natal philopatry are central to the formation and maintenance of social groups. Badger groups, thought to form passively according to the resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH), are maintained through natal philopatry and delayed dispersal; however, there is minimal evidence for the functional benefits of such grouping. We assigned parentage to 630 badger cubs from a high-density...

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PMID: 17971085
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03571.x

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