Age-dependent inbreeding risk and offspring fitness costs in female black grouse

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 853-855

  Soulsbury, Carl D ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^a   Lebigre, Christophe ^a,b   Rokka, Kaisa ^a   Siitari, Heli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Inbreeding; Natal dispersal; Parental relatedness

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING POPULATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAMEBIRD; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KIN SELECTION; NATAL DISPERSAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHILOPATRY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 82455175843     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0379     Document Type: Article

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