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Do boars compensate for hunting with higher reproductive hormones?

Author(s) -

Achiad Davidson,

Dan Malkinson,

Anat Schonblum,

Lee Koren,

Uri Shanas

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coab068

Subject(s) - biology , wild boar , hormone , reproductive success , sexual maturity , juvenile , reproduction , zoology , predation , physiology , endocrinology , ecology , population , demography , sociology

Predation risk usually impairs reproduction, through the stress-response mechanism. However, this study shows that progesterone levels were higher in female wild boars that live in regions of high hunting pressure and roam in a group. Such elevated reproductive hormones, which were associated with high hunting pressure, may lead to a higher reproductive potential in female wild boars.

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