About the Authors
- Staffan Bensch
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: staffan.bensch@zooekol.lu.se
Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Henrik Andrén
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Affiliation Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Riddarhyttan, Sweden
- Bengt Hansson
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Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Hans Chr. Pedersen
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Affiliation Division of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway
- Håkan Sand
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Affiliation Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Riddarhyttan, Sweden
- Douglas Sejberg
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Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Petter Wabakken
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Affiliation Hedmark University College, Faculty of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Koppang, Norway
- Mikael Åkesson
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Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Olof Liberg
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Affiliation Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Riddarhyttan, Sweden
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB HA HS PW OL. Analyzed the data: SB BH SD MA OL DS. Wrote the paper: SB BH MA. Other: Evaluated genotypes for the construction of the pedigree: OL. Ran the microsatellite analyses: DS MA. Organised field work and data collection: HP HS PW.