No evidence of inbreeding avoidance or inbreeding depression in a social carnivore

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 480-489

  Keane, Brian ^a   Creel, Scott R ^b   Waser, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carnivores; dispersal; dwarf mongoose; inbreeding avoidance; inbreeding depression; mate choice

Indexed keywords

DWARF MONGOOSE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION;

TANZANIA, SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK;

HELOGALE PARVULA;

EID: 0030302904     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.4.480     Document Type: Article

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