Relationship of inbreeding with sperm quality and reproductive success in Mexican gray wolves

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 326-331

  Asa, C ^a   Miller, P ^b   Agnew, M ^c   Rebolledo, J A R ^d   Lindsey, S L ^e   Callahan, M ^f   Bauman, K ^a  

^a Research Department   (United States)

^b IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group ^*  (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Zoológicos de la Ciudad de México ^*  (Mexico)

^e Wild Canid Survival and Research Center   (United States)

^f Wildlife Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal sperm; Captive breeding; Fertility; Genetics; Population management

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FERTILITY; INBREEDING; JUVENILE; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI;

EID: 34547827999     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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