Variation in maternal investment in a small cervid; the effects of cohort, sex, litter size and time of birth in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) fawns

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-79

  Andersen, Reidar ^a   Linnell, John D C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capreolus Capreolus; Litter size; Maternal investment; Postnatal growth rates; Timing of birth

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS;

LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL INVESTMENT; ROE DEER;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030621371     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050060     Document Type: Article

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