Common dormouse

Movement patterns and genetic diversity of wild and reintroduced common dormice, Muscardinus avellanarius

D. M. Naim, Telfer, S., Tatman, S., Bird, S., Kemp, S. J., and Watts, P. C., Movement patterns and genetic diversity of wild and reintroduced common dormice, Muscardinus avellanarius, vol. 13, pp. 167-181, 2014.

Movement is an important life history trait that can have an impact on local adaptation, and other evolutionary phenomena. We used a combination of nestbox survey data and genetic techniques (genotyping at 10 microsatellite loci) to quantify patterns of movement in common dormice Muscardinus avellanarius at two distinct sites in the UK: 1) Bontuchel (a natural population) and 2) Wych (captive-bred individuals that were reintroduced to this site), over three consecutive years (2006-2008).

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