Reassessing the relationship between juvenile mortality and genetic monomorphism in captive cheetahs

Zoo Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-369

  Wielebnowski, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Felids; Homozygosity; Husbandry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039648106     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1996)15:4<353::AID-ZOO1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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