P.P. Pomeroy
Reproductive performance links to fine scale spatial patterns of female grey seal relatedness
Pomeroy, P.P.; Worthington Wilmer, J.; Amos, W.; Twiss, S.D.
Abstract
Fine-scale spatial patterns of female relatedness throughout the established grey seal breeding colony of North Rona, Scotland, were investigated by accurate mapping and spatially explicit analyses of a large sample (n = 262) of mothers using variation at nine microsatellite DNA loci. Local spatial autocorrelation analyses identified locations where seals were more highly related to the colony than average. These locations were also areas where the more successful females bred, were occupied first during each breeding season, were centrally placed locations of preferred habitat types and were likely to be the locations which were the first to be colonized historically. Mothers occupying such sites achieved higher than average pup growth rates, suggesting a founder fitness benefit.
Citation
Pomeroy, P., Worthington Wilmer, J., Amos, W., & Twiss, S. (2001). Reproductive performance links to fine scale spatial patterns of female grey seal relatedness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 268(1468), 711-717. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1422
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2001 |
Deposit Date | Mar 28, 2008 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 11, 2014 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
Print ISSN | 0962-8452 |
Electronic ISSN | 1471-2954 |
Publisher | The Royal Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 268 |
Issue | 1468 |
Pages | 711-717 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1422 |
Keywords | Grey seals, Relatedness, Fitness, Reproduction, Spatial patterns, Habitat quality. |
Files
Accepted Journal Article
(303 Kb)
PDF
You might also like
Personality, density and habitat drive the dispersal of invasive crayfish
(2022)
Journal Article
Downloadable Citations
About Durham Research Online (DRO)
Administrator e-mail: dro.admin@durham.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search