The effects of inbreeding on mortality during a morbillivirus outbreak in the Mediterranean striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-146

  Valsecchi, Elena ^a   Amos, William ^b   Raga, Juan Antonio ^c   Podestà, Michela ^d   Sherwin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d Natural History Museum   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; EPIDEMIC; INBREEDING; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VIRAL DISEASE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 14044257972     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943004001325     Document Type: Article

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