Is incest common in gray wolf packs?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 384-391

  Smith, Deborah ^a   Meier, Thomas ^b   Geffen, Eli ^c   David Mech, L ^d   Burch, John W ^b   Adams, Layne G ^e   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Gray wolves; Inbreeding; Incest; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

GREY WOLF; INCEST; MATING; RELATEDNESS;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0030818908     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.4.384     Document Type: Article

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