Mating strategies in relation to sexually selected infanticide in a non-social carnivore: The brown bear

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-246

  Bellemain, Eva ^a,b   Swenson, Jon E ^a,c   Taberlet, Pierre ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; INFANTICIDE; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33645024338     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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