High effective inbreeding coefficients correlate with morphological abnormalities in populations of South Australian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-219

  Seymour, Ayesha M ^a   Montgomery, Margaret E ^a   Costello, Brian H ^a   Ihle, Sonja ^a   Johnsson, Greg ^b   St John, Barbara ^b   Taggart, David ^c   Houlden, Bronwyn A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Dept Environ Her Aboriginal Aff   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Zoological Parks Bd of New S Wales   (Australia)

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EID: 0039191576     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001251     Document Type: Article

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