The mating system of the brown bear Ursus arctos

Mammal Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-34

  Steyaert, Sam M J G ^a,b   Endrestøl, Anders ^b,c   Hackländer, Klaus ^a   Swenson, Jon E ^b,c   Zedrosser, Andreas ^a,b  

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

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Female mate choice; Male male competition; Polygamy; Reproductive strategies; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 83155190411     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00184.x     Document Type: Review

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