No evidence of inbreeding avoidance in a polygynous ungulate: The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-39

  Holand, Øystein ^a   Askim, Kjartan R ^a   Røed, Knut H ^a   Weladji, Robert B ^b   Gjøstein, Hallvard ^a   Nieminen, Mauri ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inbreeding avoidance; Mate choice; Rangifer tarandus; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FITNESS; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MATE CHOICE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATEDNESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINDEER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; UNGULATE; AGE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MALE; SEX RATIO;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REINDEER; SEX RATIO;

EID: 34249847515     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0575     Document Type: Article

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