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Inversely Density-Dependent Natal Dispersal in Brown Bears Ursus arctos

Støen, Ole-Gunnar ; Zedrosser, Andreas ; Sæbø, Solve ; Swenson, Jon E.

Oecologia, 2006-06, Vol.148 (2), p.356-364 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Berlin: Springer

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Inversely Density-Dependent Natal Dispersal in Brown Bears Ursus arctos
Autor: Støen, Ole-Gunnar ; Zedrosser, Andreas ; Sæbø, Solve ; Swenson, Jon E.
Assuntos: Age Factors ; Animal and plant ecology ; Animal behavior ; Animal ethology ; Animal, plant and microbial ecology ; Animals ; Bears ; Behavior, Animal ; Behavioural Ecology ; Biological and medical sciences ; Birds ; Brown bears ; Demecology ; Dispersal ; Emigration ; Female ; Female animals ; Females ; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology ; Geography ; Grizzly bears ; Locomotion ; Male ; Male animals ; Mammalia ; Mammals ; Norway ; Population Density ; Population dynamics ; Population ecology ; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry ; Sex Factors ; Sweden ; Ursidae ; Ursus arctos ; Vertebrata
É parte de: Oecologia, 2006-06, Vol.148 (2), p.356-364
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Descrição: There is considerable controversy in the literature about the presence of density dependence in dispersal. In this study, we exploit a data series from a long-term study (> 18 years) on radio-marked brown bears (Ursus arctos L.) in two study areas in Scandinavia to investigate how individual-based densities influence the probability of natal dispersal and natal dispersal distances. Cumulatively, 32% and 46% of the females and 81% and 92% of the males dispersed before reaching 5 years of age in the northern and southern study area, respectively. Density had a negative effect on both the probability of dispersal and dispersal distances for the dispersing animals, when controlling for study area, sex and age, making this the first study to show that natal dispersal probability and distances are inversely density dependent in a large carnivore. We suggest that female-female competition for space caused females in higher density areas to settle closer to their natal area. For males, however, merging of demes, resulting in decreased relatedness and increased heterozygosity in an expanding population, might be the reason for shorter dispersal distances in males living at higher densities. This has been hypothesised for small mammals. The high proportion of dispersing female brown bears in Scandinavian compared with North American studies might be due to lower densities in Scandinavia and recent population expansion, with unoccupied areas available at the edges of the population. The longer dispersal distances in female Scandinavian brown bears suggest less social constraints on movements than for North American females. The longer dispersal distances by Scandinavian males may be due to increased searching for potential mates in peripheral areas with lower densities of females. These results, in addition to results of other brown bear studies, suggest that brown bears might be more territorial than previously thought, and that density is regulated by social interactions.
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Inversely Density-Dependent Natal Dispersal in Brown Bears Ursus arctos

Støen, Ole-Gunnar ; Zedrosser, Andreas ; Sæbø, Solve ; Swenson, Jon E.

Berlin: Springer

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