Relative risks of inbreeding and outbreeding depression in the wild in endangered salmon

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 634-647

  Houde, Aimee L S ^a   Fraser, Dylan J ^b   O'Reilly, Patrick ^c   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Canada; Conservation; Heterosis; Local adaptation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052600146     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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