Can compensatory culling offset undesirable evolutionary consequences of trophy hunting?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-160

  Mysterud, Atle ^a   Bischof, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early conditions; Evolutionarily enlightened management; Large mammals; Selective harvesting; Sexual ornaments; Sexually selected traits; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULLING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; HUNTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEER; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HORN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTLERS; DEER; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SPORTS;

EUROPE;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 72449139174     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01621.x     Document Type: Article

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