Infanticide as a male reproductive strategy has a nutritive risk effect in brown bears

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Steyaert, S M J G ^a,b   Reusch, C ^a   Brunberg, S ^b   Swenson, J E ^b,c   Hacklander K ^a   Zedrosser, A ^a,b,d  

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

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Risk effects; Segregation; Sexually selected infanticide

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEAR; CONSPECIFIC; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84903312535     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0624     Document Type: Article

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