Inbreeding depression in an isolated population of adders Vipera berus

Biological Conservation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-118

  Madsen, Thomas ^a,b   Stille, Bo ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Effective population size; Inbreeding; Snake; Vipera berus

Indexed keywords

ADDER; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LITTER SIZE;

SWEDEN;

VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 0029541250     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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