Disentangling the mechanisms of mate choice in a captive koala population

Successful captive breeding programs are crucial to the long-term survival of many threatened species. However, pair incompatibility (breeding failure) limits sustainability of many captive populations. Understanding whether the drivers of this incompatibility are behavioral, genetic, or a combinati...

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Main Authors: Parice A. Brandies, Catherine E. Grueber, Jamie A. Ivy, Carolyn J. Hogg, Katherine Belov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5438.pdf