Reproductive costs of sons and daughters in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-68

  Bérubé, Céline H ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   Jorgenson, Jon T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Differential maternal investment; Ovis canadensis; Reproductive success; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BIGHORN SHEEP; MATERNAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

CANADA, (WEST), ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0029750395     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.1.60     Document Type: Article

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