Polygyny and female breeding failure reduce effective population size in the lekking Gunnison sage-grouse

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 472-481

  Stiver, Julie R ^a   Apa, Anthony D ^b   Remington, Thomas E ^b   Gibson, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus; Lek; Mating system; Reproductive success; Variance

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GAMEBIRD; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LEK; MATING SUCCESS; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AVES; CENTROCERCUS; CENTROCERCUS MINIMUS;

EID: 39649085551     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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