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Parasite intensity and fur coloration in reindeer calves - contrasting artificial and natural selection

Rolf Rodven, Auteur ; Inkeri Mannikko, Auteur ; Rolf A. Ims, Auteur ; Nigel G. Yoccoz, Auteur ; Ivar Folstad, Auteur

Dans Journal of Animal Ecology (78(3) MAY 2009)

In reindeer, the variation in fur coloration is higher in semi-domesticated than in wild populations. This difference might result from impacts of natural enemies acting on conspicuously coloured individuals with higher intensity in natural than[...]

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