Captive breeding and the reintroduction of Mexican and red wolves

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 344-350

  Hedrick, P W ^a   Fredrickson, R J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Canis lupus baileyi; Canis rufus; Genetic rescue; Hybridization; Inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WOLVES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI; CANIS RUFUS;

EID: 37349081350     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03400.x     Document Type: Review

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