Inbreeding and its fitness effects in an insular population of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 240-250

  Keller, Lukas F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Lethal equivalents; Lifetime reproductive success; Pedigree; Song sparrow; Survival

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MATING SYSTGEM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONG SPARRO;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MANDARTS ISLAND;

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

EID: 0031902920     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb05157.x     Document Type: Review

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