Inbreeding is reduced by female-biased dispersal and mating behavior in Ethiopian wolves

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 579-589

  Randall, Deborah A ^a   Pollinger, John P ^b   Wayne, Robert K ^b   Tallents, Lucy A ^a   Johnson, Paul J ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canids; CERVUS; Dispersal; EPC; Kinship; Microsatellites; Paternity

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISPERSAL; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; KINSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AFRICA; BALE MOUNTAINS; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS SIMENSIS; CERVUS;

EID: 34548404621     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm010     Document Type: Article

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