Search records. The number of hits returned for each combination of search terms for each database (Web of Science (WoS), SCOPUS and JSTOR) in the two years searches were undertaken.

WOS:

Phrase / Search years
Inbreeding terms / 2010 / 2013
"In*breeding coefficient$" / 1160 / 283
"Cost$ of in*breeding" / 70 / 9
(Depression SAME in*bre*) / 3482 / 1365
(Depression SAME fitness) / 422 / 808
(inbred SAME mating*) NOT (("Quantitative trait loc*")OR(QTL*)) / 249 / 933
(inbred SAME (offspring OR progeny)) / 561 / 899
Selfed SAME out* / 237 / 81
"Optimal outcrossing" OR "Outcrossing distance" / 23 / 2
"Benefit* of dispersal" / 30 / 12
"Cost* of dispersal" / 80 / 32
("Natal dispersal" AND (inbred OR in*breeding OR heterosis OR self* OR fitness)) / 268 / 117
(Philopatr* AND (inbred OR in*breeding OR heterosis OR self* OR fitness)) / 389 / 143
(Heterosis AND in*breeding) / 451 / 131

SCOPUS:

Phrase / Search years
Inbreeding terms / 2010 / 2013
TITLE-ABS-KEY("In*breeding coefficient") / 1325 / 416
TITLE-ABS-KEY("Cost of in*breeding") / 67 / 30
TITLE-ABS-KEY(Depression W/5 in*bre*) / 2645 / 905
TITLE-ABS-KEY(Depression W/5 fitness) / 689
TITLE-ABS-KEY("Genetic load") / 790 / 204
TITLE-ABS-KEY((inbred W/5 mating*) AND NOT (("Quantitative trait loc*")OR(QTL*))) / 228 / 62
TITLE-ABS-KEY((inbred W/5 offspring) OR (inbred W/5 progeny)) / 493 / 130
TITLE-ABS-KEY(Selfed W/5 out*) / 190 / 37
TITLE-ABS-KEY("Optimal outcrossing" OR "Outcrossing distance") / 25 / 2
TITLE-ABS-KEY("Benefit* of dispersal") / 24 / 13
TITLE-ABS-KEY("Cost* of dispersal") / 75 / 31
TITLE-ABS-KEY(("Natal dispersal" AND (inbred OR in*breeding OR heterosis OR self* OR fitness))) / 140 / 51
TITLE-ABS-KEY((Philopatr* AND (inbred OR in*breeding OR heterosis OR self* OR fitness))) / 259 / 96
TITLE-ABS-KEY(Heterosis AND in*breeding) / 411 / 122

JSTOR:

Phrase / Search years
Inbreeding terms / 2010 / 2013
"Inbreeding coefficient" OR "inbreeding coefficients" / 1495 / 342
"Cost of inbreeding" OR "costs of inbreeding" / 332 / 91
"Depression inbred"~5 OR "Depression inbreeding"~5 / 3670 / 802
"Depression fitness"~5 / 638 / 126
"Genetic load" / 1427 / 198
("inbred mating"~5 OR "inbred matings"~5) NOT ("Quantitative trait locus" OR "Quantitative trait loci" OR QTL*) / 301 / 37
("inbred offspring"~5 OR "inbred progeny"~5) / 536 / 93
"Selfed outcross"~5 OR "Selfed outcrossed"~5 OR "Selfed outcrossing"~5 OR "Selfed outcrosser"~5 OR "Selfed outcrossers"~5 OR "Selfed outcrosses"~5 / 711 / 0
"Optimal outcrossing" OR "Outcrossing distance" / 373 / 0
"Benefit of dispersal" OR "Benefits of dispersal" / 139 / 44
"Cost of dispersal" OR "Costs of dispersal" / 376 / 128
("Natal dispersal" AND (inbred OR in*breeding OR heterosis OR self* OR fitness)) / 1206 / 334
(Philopatr* AND (inbred OR in*breeding OR heterosis OR self* OR fitness)) / 2793 / 542
(Heterosis AND (inbreeding OR "in-breeding")) / 1356 / 150

List of articles used in the sensitivity analyses to refine search strategy.

  1. Ala-Honkola O, Uddstrom A, Pauli BD, Lindstrom K: Strong inbreeding depression in male mating behaviour in a poeciliid fish.Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2009, 22:1396-1406.
  2. Frommen JG, Luz C, Mazzi D, Bakker TCM: Inbreeding depression affects fertilization success and survival but not breeding coloration in threespine sticklebacks.Behaviour 2008, 145:425-441.
  3. Mooney EH, McGraw JB: Effects of self-pollination and outcrossing with cultivated plants in small natural populations of American ginseng, Panaxquinquefolius (Araliaceae).American Journal of Botany 2007, 94:1677-1687.
  4. Fox CW, Scheibly KL, Smith BP, Wallin WG: Inbreeding depression in two seed-feeding beetles, Callosobruchusmaculatusand Stator limbatus (Coleoptera :Chrysomelidae).Bulletin of Entomological Research 2007, 97:49-54.
  5. Jamieson IG, Tracy LN, Fletcher D, Armstrong DP: Moderate inbreeding depression in a reintroduced population of North Island robins.Animal Conservation 2007, 10:95-102.
  6. Mustajarvi K, Siikamaki P, Akerberg A: Inbreeding depression in perennialLychnisviscaria(Caryophyllaceae): effects of population mating history and nutrient availability.American Journal of Botany 2005, 92:1853-1861.
  7. Carr DE, Murphy JF, Eubanks MD: The susceptibility and response of inbred and outbred Mimulusguttatusto infection by Cucumber mosaic virus.Evolutionary Ecology 2003, 17:85-103.
  8. Kruuk LEB, Sheldon BC, Merila J: Severe inbreeding depression in collared flycatchers (Ficedulaalbicollis).Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 2002, 269:1581-1589.
  9. Haag CR, Hottinger JW, Riek M, Ebert D: Strong inbreeding depression in a Daphnia metapopulation.Evolution 2002, 56:518-526.
  10. Jarne P, Perdieu MA, Pernot AF, Delay B, David P: The influence of self-fertilization and grouping on fitness attributes in the freshwater snail Physaacuta: population and individual inbreeding depression.Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2000, 13:645-655.
  11. Alberts SC, Altmann J: Balancing costs and opportunities - dispersal in male baboons.American Naturalist 1995, 145:279-306.
  12. Ashman TL: The relative importance of inbreeding and maternal sex in determining progeny fitness in Sidalcea-oreganasspspicata, a gynodioecious plant.Evolution 1992, 46:1862-1874.
  13. Gibbs HL, Grant PR: Inbreeding in Darwin's Medium Ground Finches (Geospizafortis).Evolution 1989, 43:1273-1284.
  14. Hoogland JL: Levels of inbreeding among prairie dogs.American Naturalist 1992, 139:591-602.
  15. Madsen T, Stille B, Shine R: Inbreeding depression in an isolated population of adders Viperaberus.Biological Conservation 1996, 75:113-118.