Sensitive males: Inbreeding depression in an endangered bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1700, 2010, Pages 3677-3684

  Brekke, Patricia ^a,b   Bennett, Peter M ^c   Wang, Jinliang ^a   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a   Ewen, John G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hihi; Inbreeding; Lethal equivalents; Offspring survival; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH RATE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NESTLING; PASSERINE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REINTRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 78650073745     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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