Congenital bone deformities and the inbred wolves (Canis lupus) of Isle Royale

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1025-1031

  Räikkönen, Jannikke ^a   Vucetich, John A ^b   Peterson, Rolf O ^b   Nelson, Michael P ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Conservation policy; Inbreeding depression; Isle Royale

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BONE; CANID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; ISLAND; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; SURVIVAL;

ISLE ROYALE; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 62049085267     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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