Male reproductive strategy explains spatiotemporal segregation in brown bears

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 836-845

  Steyaert, Sam M J G ^a,b   Kindberg, Jonas ^c   Swenson, Jon E ^b,d   Zedrosser, Andreas ^a,b,e  

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

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Nonparental infanticide; Reproductive strategy; Resource selection; Risk effects; Risk factor; Segregation; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; GPS; HABITAT TYPE; INFANTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

SCANDINAVIA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

ANIMAL; BEAR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; URSIDAE;

EID: 84879171952     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12055     Document Type: Article

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