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Persistence of vigilance and flight response behaviour in wild reindeer with varying domestic ancestry.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Aug 2012
Reimers E, Røed K H, Colman J E
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge about changes in behavioural traits related to wildness and tameness is for most mammals lacking, despite the increased trend of using domestic stock to re-establish wild populations into historical ranges. To test for persistence of behavioural traits of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.) exposed to hunting, we sampled DNA, vigilance and flight responses in wild reindeer herds with varying domestic...
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