Determinants of lifetime reproduction in female brown bears: Early body mass, longevity, and hunting regulations

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 231-240

  Zedrosser, Andreas ^a,b,c   Pelletier, Fanie ^d   Bischof, Richard ^c   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^d   Swenson, Jon E ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

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

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Early development; Fitness; Hunting; Individual based studies; Lifetime reproductive success; Population dynamics; Survival; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY MASS; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FEMALE; HUNTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN; URSIDAE;

SWEDEN;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84876106550     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0229.1     Document Type: Article

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