Why some species of birds do not avoid inbreeding: Insights from New Zealand robins and saddlebacks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 575-584

  Jamieson, Ian G ^a   Taylor, Sabrina S ^a,b   Tracy, Lisa N ^a   Kokko, Hanna ^c,d   Armstrong, Doug P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genetic similarity; Inbreeding avoidance; Kin recognition; Pedigrees; Random mating

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; ENCOUNTER RATE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KIN RECOGNITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATE LOCATION; MATE RECOGNITION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 66149124148     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp034     Document Type: Article

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