Condition-dependent reproductive success in bighorn ewes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-94

  Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Body condition; Body mass; Capital breeder; Condition dependent; Ovis canadensis; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0002244858     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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