Hatching Failure Increases with Severity of Population Bottlenecks in Birds

Severe bottlenecks can reduce genetic diversity and increase in-breeding as individuals are forced to mate with close relatives, but it is unknown at what minimum population size the negative fitness consequences of bottlenecks are expressed. The New Zealand avifauna contains a large number of speci...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2004-01, Vol.101 (2), p.558-561
Hauptverfasser:	Briskie, James V., Mackintosh, Myles
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal reproduction Animals Aves Biological Sciences Birds Birds - growth & development Birds - physiology Ecological competition Ecology Endangered species Genetic Variation Genetics Hatching Inbreeding Introduced species Population Dynamics Population genetics Population growth Population size Reproduction Species populations
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