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Illegal tusk harvest and the decline of tusk size in the African elephant

Harvesting of wild populations can cause the evolution of morphological, behavioral, and life history traits that may compromise natural or sexual selection. Despite the vulnerability of large mammals to rapid population decline from harvesting, the evolutionary effects of harvesting on mega‐fauna h...

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Autores principales: Chiyo, Patrick I., Obanda, Vincent, Korir, David K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1769