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Captive Breeding Adaptation

Captive Breeding Adaptation is a behavioral adaptation that refers to the suite of heritable behavioral changes emerging in captive-bred populations as a result of selective pressures inherent to artificial rearing environments, distinguishing it from adaptations arising in wild populations through natural ecological interactions.

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Genetic adaptation to captivity can occur in a single generation

Mark R. Christie, Melanie L. Marine, Rod A. French et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 482 citations · Full text

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Captivity effects on wide-ranging carnivores

Ros Clubb, Georgia Mason · Nature · 2003 · 423 citations

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Captive breeding and the genetic fitness of natural populations

Michael Lynch, Martin O’Hely · Conservation Genetics · 2001 · 333 citations

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Generations in captivity increases behavioral variance: considerations for captive breeding and reintroduction programs

M. Elsbeth McPhee · Biological Conservation · 2003 · 299 citations

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Factors eliminating inbreeding depression in a captive herd of speke's gazelle (<i>Gazella spekei</i>)

Alan R. Templeton, Bruce Read · Zoo Biology · 1984 · 207 citations

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Authors

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  1. RF
    Richard Frankham

    Macquarie University, Australia

    3 publications · 312 citations

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  2. PE
    Paquita E. A. Hoeck

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  3. JL
    James L. Connor

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  4. GM
    Georgia Mason

    University of Guelph, Canada

    2 publications · 444 citations

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  5. MS
    Michael S. Blouin

    Oregon State University, United States

    2 publications · 493 citations

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Institutions

121

  1. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    679 citations

  2. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

    Trinity, Jersey

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    70 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    902 citations

  4. Fisheries and Oceans Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    278 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    457 citations

  6. Estación Biológica de Doñana

    Seville, Spain

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    336 citations

  7. Zoological Society of San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    204 citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    140 citations

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  1. Biological Conservation

    8 publications · 568 citations

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  2. International Zoo Yearbook

    5 publications · 70 citations

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  3. Aquaculture

    4 publications · 144 citations

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  4. Zoo Biology

    4 publications · 512 citations

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  5. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    3 publications · 71 citations

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