Hunting regulation favors slow life histories in a large carnivore

Hunting and harvesting are generally expected to select for faster life histories in the exploited species. Here, the authors analyse data from a hunted population of brown bears in Sweden and show that regulations protecting females with dependent young lead hunting to favor prolonged maternal care...

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Autores principales: Joanie Van de Walle, Gabriel Pigeon, Andreas Zedrosser, Jon E. Swenson, Fanie Pelletier
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/462267ed9c4e4e29bc09420ead7bf942
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Sumario:Hunting and harvesting are generally expected to select for faster life histories in the exploited species. Here, the authors analyse data from a hunted population of brown bears in Sweden and show that regulations protecting females with dependent young lead hunting to favor prolonged maternal care.