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de la Peña, E., Martín, J., Barja, I., Carranza, J. (2020) Testosterone and the dark ventral patch of male red deer: the role of the social environment. Sci Nat 107, 18 The expression of male sexual traits, which is stimulated by testosterone, entails significant costs for individuals. Consequently, natural selection is expected to favour the modulation of sexual Leer másde la Peña, E. et al. (2020)[…]
Pérez-Barbería, F.J., William Mayes, R., Giráldez, J., Sánchez-Pérez, D. (2020) Ericaceous species reduce methane emissions in sheep and red deer: Respiration chamber measurements and predictions at the scale of European heathlands. Science of The Total Enviroment 714, 136738 Despite the importance of atmospheric methane as a potent greenhouse gas and the significant contribution from ruminant Leer másPérez-Barbería, F.J. et al. (2020)[…]
Van Beeck Calkoen, S.T.S., Mühlbauer, L., Andrén, H., Apollonio, M., Balciauskasf, L., Belotti, E., Carranza, J., Cottam, J., Filli, F., Gatiso, T.T., Hetherington, D., Karamanlidis, A.A., Krofel, M., Kuehl, H.S., Linnell, J.D.C., Müller, J., Ozolinst, J., Premier, J., Ranc, N., Schmidt, K., Zlatanova, D., Bachmann, M., Fonseca, C., Lonescu, O., Nyman, M., Sprem, N., Sunde, Leer másVan Beeck Calkoen, S.T.S. et al. (2020)[…]
Pérez-González, J. & Carranza, J. (2020) Offspring sired by subordinate red deer males under controlled conditions: did some females prefer not to mate with the alpha male? acta ethologica ISSN: 0873-9749 (Print) 1437-9546 (Online) Both male-male competition and female choice are important forces in sexual selection that may act in concert. In red deer (Cervus elaphus), Leer másPérez-González, J. & Carranza, J. (2020)[…]
Torres-Porras, J., Carranza, J., Pérez-González, J., Mateos, C., Alarcos, S. (2013) The tragedy of the commons: unsustainable population structure of Iberian red deer in hunting estates. European Journal of Wildlife Research 60 (2),351–357 Hunting can influence population structure with consequences in ecological and evolutionary processes. Populations of Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) in Spain Leer másTorres-Porras, J. et al. (2013)[…]
Carranza, J. 2009. Gestión del ciervo en el monte mediterráneo. En: Gestión Cinegética en los Ecosistemas Mediterráneos. Sáenz de Buruaga, M. & Carranza, J. (Eds.). Publ. Junta de Andalucía. Hunting of ungulates has recently become more popular and more in demand, partly because of their expanded distribution areas and abundance, and also because of an Leer másCarranza (2009)[…]
Carranza, J. 2009. Calidad genética en la gestión de la caza mayor. En: Gestión Cinegética en los Ecosistemas Mediterráneos.. Sáenz de Buruaga, M. & Carranza, J. (Eds.). Publ. Junta de Andalucía. Management of game species may involve a risk of alteration of their genetic properties. Local adaptations may be disrupted if artificially selected individuals from Leer másCarranza (2009)[…]
Vargas, J.M. & Carranza, J. 2009. Calidad cinegética certificada. En: Gestión Cinegética en los Ecosistemas Mediterráneos. Sáenz de Buruaga, M. & Carranza, J. (Eds.). Publ. Junta de Andalucía. Hunting, in a biological context, is the rational and sustainable exploitation of wild animal populations whose capture is legally authorized. Game species constitute a renewable but limited Leer másVargas & Carranza (2009)[…]
CARRANZA, J. 2009. Defining sexual selection as sex-depent selection. Animal Behaviour 77: 749-751. After almost 150 years of research, the very definition of sexual selection remains unclear. The term sexual selection was coined in 1859 by Darwin (1859), who described it in more detail in his later book (Darwin 1871), as an explanation for the Leer másCarranza, J. (2009)[…]