Estimated inbreeding in a small, wild muskox Ovibos moschatus population and its possible effects on population reproduction

Biological Conservation

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 197-204

  Laikre, Linda ^a   Ryman, Nils ^a   Lundh, Nils G ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bottleneck; conservation genetics; inbreeding depression; pedigree analysis

Indexed keywords

OVIBOS MOSCHATUS;

INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MUSKOX; POPULATION DECLINE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030620587     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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