Precocious puberty in male wild boars: a possible explanation for the dramatic population increase in Germany and Europe
Background The wild boar population in Europe is steadily growing, one of the reasons for this increase probably being the high reproductive potential of this large mammal. Population management is important to stabilise wild boar numbers and a great deal of attention is focusing on the reasons, whi...
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PeerJ Inc.
2021-07-01
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