The impact of inbreeding depression on population survival depending on demographic parameters

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-60

  Thévenon, Sophie ^a,b   Couvet, D ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; INBREEDING; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REINTRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038729095     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002001075     Document Type: Article

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