How much gene flow is needed to avoid inbreeding depression in wild tiger populations?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1789, 2014, Pages

  Kenney, John ^a   Allendorf, Fred W ^b   McDougal, Charles ^c   Smith, James L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c International Trust for Nature Conservation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Extinction probability; Gene flow; Inbreeding depression; Risk analysis; Tigers

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; GENE FLOW; HABITAT QUALITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; NEPAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; TIGER;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NEPAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TIGERS;

EID: 84903743919     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3337     Document Type: Article

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