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What is the impact of unrestricted harvesting of trophy rams on trophy quality?
What is the impact of unrestricted harvesting of trophy rams on trophy quality?
Unrestricted harvesting of trophy rams has contributed to a decline in the traits that determine trophy quality.
What have hunters selectively targeted when harvesting trophy rams?
What have hunters selectively targeted when harvesting trophy rams?
Hunters have selectively targeted rams of high genetic quality before their reproductive peak.
What genetic effects might result from selective and severe wildlife harvesting?
What genetic effects might result from selective and severe wildlife harvesting?
Selective and severe wildlife harvesting might elicit an undesired evolutionary response and result in genetic deterioration of harvested populations.
What are some unexpected effects of selective wildlife harvesting?
What are some unexpected effects of selective wildlife harvesting?
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Why is it important for wildlife managers to consider genetic effects and evolutionary implications of harvest strategies?
Why is it important for wildlife managers to consider genetic effects and evolutionary implications of harvest strategies?
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What is the potential consequence of unrestricted harvesting of trophy rams on the traits that determine trophy quality?
What is the potential consequence of unrestricted harvesting of trophy rams on the traits that determine trophy quality?
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How have hunters contributed to the depletion of genes that confer rapid early body and horn growth in trophy rams?
How have hunters contributed to the depletion of genes that confer rapid early body and horn growth in trophy rams?
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What is the possible evolutionary response to selective and severe wildlife harvesting?
What is the possible evolutionary response to selective and severe wildlife harvesting?
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What are some potential unexpected effects of selective wildlife harvesting?
What are some potential unexpected effects of selective wildlife harvesting?
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Why is it important for wildlife managers to consider the genetic effects and evolutionary implications of alternative harvest strategies?
Why is it important for wildlife managers to consider the genetic effects and evolutionary implications of alternative harvest strategies?
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