Infanticide in brown bear: a case-study in the Italian Alps – Genetic identification of perpetrator and implications in small populations
Sexually Selected Infanticide (SSI) is thought of as a male reproductive strategy in social mammalian species, because females who lose cubs may quickly re-enter oestrus. SSI has rarely been documented in non-social mammals and, in brown bears, SSI has been studied mainly in an eco...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Nature Conservation |
| Online Access: | https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=23776 |