Open AccessDo 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.