Although most non-breeders and failed nesters left the breeding colony to molt, small flocks of molting adults and subadults without young were seen on Bylot Island every year.
Adults and subadults also fed pups a higher proportion of prey biomass than juveniles of the same sex.
Last year, fires devastated the forests of Far Eastern Russia, where conservation efforts had apparently stabilised numbers of the Amur tiger at 300-400 adults and subadults.
Resident associates or betas were adults / subadults with home ranges that overlapped extensively with those of resident breeders and were directly observed interacting with breeding residents.
The most difficult thing is to obtain different sized specimens to work with, because ideally you need material from hatchling to subadult to adult.
Definition of subadult in US English:
subadult
nounˌsəbəˈdəlt
Zoology
An animal that is not fully adult.
〔动〕亚成体，接近成年的动物
subadults were distinguished by their pelage
as modifiersubadult polar bears
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Adults and subadults also fed pups a higher proportion of prey biomass than juveniles of the same sex.
Last year, fires devastated the forests of Far Eastern Russia, where conservation efforts had apparently stabilised numbers of the Amur tiger at 300-400 adults and subadults.
Although most non-breeders and failed nesters left the breeding colony to molt, small flocks of molting adults and subadults without young were seen on Bylot Island every year.
Resident associates or betas were adults / subadults with home ranges that overlapped extensively with those of resident breeders and were directly observed interacting with breeding residents.
The most difficult thing is to obtain different sized specimens to work with, because ideally you need material from hatchling to subadult to adult.