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dc.contributor.authorHofmeester, Tim R.
dc.contributor.authorThorsen, Neri Horntvedt
dc.contributor.authorLinnell, John Durrus
dc.contributor.authorOdden, John
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T12:32:32Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T12:32:32Z
dc.date.created2021-09-07T14:04:59Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationEcology and Evolution. 2021, 1-6.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2993222
dc.description.abstractCoat coloration plays an important role in communication, camouflage, and sexual selection in animals. Genetic mutations can lead to anomalous colorations such as melanism and leucism, where animals appear, respectively, darker or lighter than normal. Reporting abnormal coloration in wild animals is an important first step to understand the distribution, prevalence, and potential fitness consequences of these rare events. Here, we report several records of suspected leucism in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in a population in central Norway. Several camera traps recorded at least two leucistic individuals between 2017 and 2020. It took considerable effort, almost 400,000 camera trap nights over a period of 10 years all over Norway, to obtain a total of eleven records of leucistic badgers, indicating the rarity of this phenotype. It is unclear what has caused the presence of multiple leucistic badgers in a single population, but recent colonization and lack of predators might have played a role. Due to our observations, future studies can now be developed to study the underlying mechanisms and potential consequences of leucism in this badger population. The increasing use of networks of camera traps in wildlife research will provide new opportunities to record rare coloration in wild animals.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectalbinismen_US
dc.subjectanomalous coloren_US
dc.subjectanomalous coloren_US
dc.subjectMustelidaeen_US
dc.titleCamera trap records of leucistic Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in central Norwayen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-6en_US
dc.source.volume11en_US
dc.source.journalEcology and Evolutionen_US
dc.source.issue19en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.8052
dc.identifier.cristin1932083
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 251112en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 281092en_US
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