Genetic estimates of annual reproductive success in male brown bears: The effects of body size, age, internal relatedness and population density

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 368-375

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

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

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Annual reproductive success; Body size; Brown bear; Density; Heterozygosity; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGE STRUCTURE; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEAR; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; OUTCROSSING; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN; URSIDAE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33846956129     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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