The mating system of the brown bear Ursus arctos

By Sam Steyaert, A. Endrestøl, K. Hackländer, Jon E. Swenson, A. Zedrosser. 2012

180 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Small Animals

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How researchers see this paper

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In Ecology

1. Jon E. Swenson
2. A. Zedrosser
3. J. Kindberg
4. Bruce N. McLellan
5. A. Mysterud
6. Richard Bischof
7. O. Støen
8. E. Bellemain

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Jon E. Swenson
2. Bruce N. McLellan
3. A. Mysterud
4. A. Zedrosser

In Small Animals

1. A. Zedrosser
2. J. Kindberg
3. Jon E. Swenson
4. Bruce N. McLellan
5. A. Mysterud

Citations in the corpus

• Some mechanisms underlying variation in vital rates of grizzly bears on a multiple use landscape (2015, background): “Because grizzly bears are not territorial but have large, overlapping home ranges and a scramble competition mating system (McLellan 2005, Steyaert et al. 2012), a second form, called the “mate recognition hypothesis” (McLellan 2005) predicts increased cub survival when the relative abundance of…”
• Berry production drives bottom – up effects on body mass and reproductive success in an omnivore (2018, background): “Loss of cubs-of-the-year after 1 May is almost always due to infanticide (Steyaert et al. 2012, 2013), whereas cub loss before May can be attributed to poor nutritional conditions (Zedrosser et al. 2009).”