Variable inbreeding effects across life-history stages in a captive carnivorous mammal population

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 633-640

  Bilski, D R ^a   Pie, M R ^a   Passos, F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bush dog; Cox proportional hazards; Inbreeding depression; Purging; Speothos venaticus; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; INBREEDING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; SPEOTHOS VENATICUS;

EID: 84888297229     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12038     Document Type: Article

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