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A genetic analysis of group movement in an isolated population of tree-roosting bats.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Oct 2008
Metheny Jackie D, Kalcounis-Rueppell Matina C, Bondo Kristin J, Brigham R Mark
Abstract excerpt
Group fission is an important dispersal mechanism for philopatric adults. In Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Saskatchewan, tree-roosting big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) exhibit fission-fusion roosting behaviour. During 2004-2007, the majority of females previously resident to roosting area 1 (RA1) moved to a new roosting area (RA4). We examined how genetic relationships, inferred from data for...
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