Infanticide caused by hunting of male bears

Infanticide caused by hunting of male bears

A field study of brown bears found that killing one adult male had a population effect equivalent to killing 0.5 to one adult females. This could be a general phenomenon in species showing this type of infanticide.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1997-04, Vol.386 (6624), p.450-451
Hauptverfasser: Swenson, Jon E., Sandegren, Finn, Söderberg, Arne, Bjärvall, Anders, Franzén, Robert, Wabakken, Petter
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal reproduction
Bears
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
scientific-correspondence
Sexes
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Zusammenfassung:A field study of brown bears found that killing one adult male had a population effect equivalent to killing 0.5 to one adult females. This could be a general phenomenon in species showing this type of infanticide.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/386450a0