Inbreeding in Wolves

Inbreeding coefficient and the number of pups produced in 24 mated pairs of wolves (Canis lupus) from 1983-2002.

Usage

Wolves

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 2 variables.

inbreeding.coefficient

a numeric vector

pups

a numeric vector

Source

Liberg, O.H., H. Andrén, H.-C. Pedersen, H. Sand, D. Sejberg, P. Wabakken, M. Åkesson, and S. Bensch. 2005. Severe inbreeding depression in a wild wolf (Canis lupus) population. Biology Letters 1: 17-20.

Examples

Wolves
#>    inbreeding.coefficient pups
#> 1                    0.00    6
#> 2                    0.00    6
#> 3                    0.13    7
#> 4                    0.13    5
#> 5                    0.13    4
#> 6                    0.19    8
#> 7                    0.19    7
#> 8                    0.19    4
#> 9                    0.25    6
#> 10                   0.24    3
#> 11                   0.24    3
#> 12                   0.24    3
#> 13                   0.24    3
#> 14                   0.24    2
#> 15                   0.24    2
#> 16                   0.27    3
#> 17                   0.30    5
#> 18                   0.30    3
#> 19                   0.30    2
#> 20                   0.30    1
#> 21                   0.36    3
#> 22                   0.40    3
#> 23                   0.37    2
#> 24                   0.22    4
xyplot(inbreeding.coefficient ~ jitter(pups, amount=0.15), Wolves)