Body size in endangered Mexican wolves: Effects of inbreeding and cross-lineage matings

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-43

  Fredrickson, R ^a   Hedrick, Phil ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANID; CAPTIVE BREEDING; INBREEDING; REINTRODUCTION;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI;

EID: 14044262362     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002001051     Document Type: Article

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