Considerations of optimal litter size in mammals

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 452-465

  Sikes, Robert S ^a   Ylönen, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MAMMAL; OPTIMIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 0032448920     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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