Are inbred offspring less fit? Survival in a natural population of Mexican jays

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-63

  Brown, Jerram L ^a   Brown, Esther R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma ultramarina; Coefficient of inbreeding; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Jay; Mexican jay; Reproductive success; Survival

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; INBREEDING; MEXICAN JAY; SURVIVAL;

ARIZONA; USA;

APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA;

EID: 0031951043     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.1.60     Document Type: Article

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