Human selection of elk behavioural traits in a landscape of fear

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1746, 2012, Pages 4407-4416

  Ciuti, Simone ^a   Muhly, Tyler B ^b   Paton, Dale G ^c   McDevitt, Allan D ^c,d   Musiani, Marco ^c   Boyce, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Cervus elaphus; Contemporary evolution; Elk; GPS telemetry; Hunting; Shy bold continuum

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEER; GPS; HUNTING; LANDSCAPE; LEARNING; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROBABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEXUAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84866870866     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1483     Document Type: Article

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