Socially induced delayed primiparity in brown bears Ursus arctos

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Støen, Ole Gunnar ^a   Zedrosser, Andreas ^a,b   Wegge, Per ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Maturity; Reproduction; Reproductive success; Reproductive suppression; Social organization

Indexed keywords

BEAR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33749433945     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0231-z     Document Type: Article

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