Large variance in inbreeding within the Iberian wolf population.

Abstract excerpt

The gray wolf (Canis lupus) population on the Iberian Peninsula was the largest in western and central Europe during most of the 20th century, with its size apparently never under a few hundred individuals. After partial legal protection in the 1970s in Spain, the northwest Iberian population increased to about 300 to 350 packs and then stabilized. In contrast to many current European wolf populations, which have...

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• Gene Flow
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Inbreeding
• Spain