Mating from a female perspective: Do brown bear females play an active role in mate searching?
Our study reveals novel insights into the active role of female brown bears in mating strategies, challenging traditional male-centric views. These results support the need for detailed investigations into female behaviours across mammalian taxa, which offer potential to advance our understanding of mammalian social and mating systems. Local differences also underscore the importance of social and ecological conditions to explain variation in the female role in mating strategies.
Authors
- María del Mar Delgado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3009-738X)
- Ilpo Kojola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2866-5090)
- Alejandra Zarzo‐Arias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5496-0144)
- Daniele Falcinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7919-931X)
- Samuli Heikkinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1786-9506)
- Andrés Ordiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6141-8457)
- Mihai Fedorca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1605-2836)
- Vincenzo Penteriani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9333-7846)
- Jon E. Swenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5463-4282)
- Ancuța Fedorca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5828-5422)
- Javier Balbontı́n (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1539-2636)
- Slavomír Finďo
- Michaela Skuban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5352-7901)
- Pino García-Sánchez
Institutions
- Wildlife Conservation Society (US)
- Universidad de Oviedo (ES)
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (FI)
- Transylvania University of Brașov (RO)
- Biodiversity Research Institute (US)
- National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry "Marin Drăcea" (RO)
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (ES)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NO)
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES)
- Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Universidad de León (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Movement Ecology
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00553-6
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 15.13