Still walking on the wild side? Management actions as steps towards 'semi-domestication' of hunted ungulates

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 920-925

  Mysterud, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Artificial feeding; Behaviour; Bovids; Cervids; Conservation; Demography; Fencing; Predator control; Selective harvesting; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; DOMESTICATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE-OFF; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 77954379329     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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