Determinants of male reproductive success in American black bears

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-134

  Costello, Cecily M ^a,c   Creel, Scott R ^b   Kalinowski, Steven T ^b   Vu, Ninh V ^b   Quigley, Howard B ^a,d  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Panthera ^*  (United States)

^d PANTHERA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Body size; Density; DNA; Paternity; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEAR; BODY SIZE; FIGHTING; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOME RANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77952671805     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0828-0     Document Type: Article

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