Population properties affect inbreeding avoidance in moose

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Herfindal, Ivar ^a   Haanes, Hallvard ^a,b,c   Røed, Knut H ^b   Solberg, Erling J ^a,d   Markussen, Stine S ^a   Heim, Morten ^d   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Alces alces; Population size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEER; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MATE CHOICE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO;

NORWAY;

ALCES ALCES;

ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEER; INBREEDING; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DEER; INBREEDING; NORWAY;

EID: 84955202735     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0786     Document Type: Article

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