No inbreeding depression observed in Mexican and red wolf captive breeding programs

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1371-1377

  Kalinowski, Steven T ^a   Hedrick, Philip W ^b   Miller, Philip S ^c  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Conserv Breeding Specialist Group ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING;

CANID; CAPTIVE BREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; BAILEYI; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI; CANIS RUFUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032760522     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98346.x     Document Type: Article

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