Hunting regulation favors slow life histories in a large carnivore
Hunting and harvesting are generally expected to select for faster life histories in the exploited species. Here, the authors analyse data from a hunted population of brown bears in Sweden and show that regulations protecting females with dependent young lead hunting to favor prolonged maternal care...
Main Authors: | Joanie Van de Walle, Gabriel Pigeon, Andreas Zedrosser, Jon E. Swenson, Fanie Pelletier |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03506-3 |
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