Limited inbreeding depression in a bottlenecked population is age but not environment dependent

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 645-652

  Laws, Rebecca J ^a   Townsend, Sheena M ^a   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ALLELE; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLEDGING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; HATCHING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILD POPULATION;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND;

AVES; PETROICA AUSTRALIS; RAKIURA;

EID: 78649786391     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05164.x     Document Type: Article

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