Intentional genetic introgression influences survival of adults and subadults in a small, inbred felid population

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 958-967

  Benson, John F ^a,f   Hostetler, Jeffrey A ^b,g   Onorato, David P ^a   Johnson, Warren E ^c   Roelke, Melody E ^c,d   O'Brien, Stephen J ^c   Jansen, Deborah ^e   Oli, Madan K ^b  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^e Big Cypress National Preserve   (United States)

^f TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; AIC; Cox proportional hazard; Demographic parameter; Heterosis; Hybridization; Model averaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; INTROGRESSION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUMA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HETEROZYGOTE; HYBRID VIGOR; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INBREEDING; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUMA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI;

EID: 79960839411     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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