No evidence for inbreeding avoidance in a natural population of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 380-392

  Keller, Lukas F ^a,b   Arcese, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

F statistics; Inbreeding; Inbreeding avoidance; Kinship; Pedigree; Random mating

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE;

CANADA;

AVES; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; MELOSPIZSA; MELOSPIZSA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0031705452     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286176     Document Type: Article

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