Inbreeding depression in brown bear ursus arctos

Biological Conservation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-72

  Laikre, Linda ^a   Andrén, Robert ^a   Larsson, Hans Ove ^b   Ryman, Nils ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Box 27807   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Albinism; Captive breeding; Conservation genetics; Litter size reduction

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; BROWN BEAR; CAPTIVE BREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LITTER SIZE; ZOO;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0029669172     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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