No inbreeding effects on body size in two captive endangered gazelles

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 748-754

  Ibáñez, Belén ^a   Moreno, Eulalia ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Captive breeding; Gazella cuvieri; Inbreeding depression; Nanger dama mhorr

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BONE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CRANIUM; DEER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TRADE-OFF; UNGULATE;

DAMA; GAZELLA; GAZELLA CUVIERI; UNGULATA;

EID: 80053582361     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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