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Polygyny and female breeding failure reduce effective population size in the lekking Gunnison sage-grouse

Authors: Stiver, Julie R.; Apa, Anthony D.; Remington, Thomas E.; Gibson, Robert M.
Year: 2008
Journal: Biological Conservation, Vol. 141(2), pp. 472-481
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.10.018

Abstract

Extrapolation of the results suggests that six of the seven extant populations of this species may have effective sizes low enough to induce inbreeding depression and hence that translocations may be needed to supplement genetic diversity.

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