Hunting regulation favors slow life histories in a large carnivore

oleh: Joanie Van de Walle, Gabriel Pigeon, Andreas Zedrosser, Jon E. Swenson, Fanie Pelletier

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-03-01

Deskripsi

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.