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Harvest-induced phenotypic selection in an island population of moose, Alces alces.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2016
Kvalnes Thomas, Saether Bernt-Erik, Haanes Hallvard, Røed Knut H, Engen Steinar, Solberg Erling J
Abstract excerpt
Empirical evidence strongly indicates that human exploitation has frequently led to rapid evolutionary changes in wild populations, yet the mechanisms involved are often poorly understood. Here, we applied a recently developed demographic framework for analyzing selection to data from a 20-year study of a wild population of moose, Alces alces. In this population, a genetic pedigree has been established all the...
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