Inbreeding tolerance and fitness costs in wild bottlenose dolphins

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1694, 2010, Pages 2667-2673

  Frère, Céline H ^a   Krützen, Michael ^b   Kopps, Anna M ^b   Ward, Patrick ^c   Mann, Janet ^d   Sherwin, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolphins; Fitness; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Mammals

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; FITNESS; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REPRODUCTIVE COST; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS;

EID: 77956935667     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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