Unexpected positive and negative effects of continuing inbreeding in one of the world's most inbred wild animals

Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 154-166

  Weiser, Emily L ^a,b   Grueber, Catherine E ^a,c,d   Kennedy, Euan S ^e   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Fitness; Inbreeding depression; Outbreeding depression; Purging; Small populations

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RELATEDNESS; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

CHATHAM ISLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; INBREEDING; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84955710625     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12840     Document Type: Article

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