Fluctuating resources and the evolution of litter size in the arctic fox

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 545-559

  Tannerfeldt, Magnus ^a   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; LITTER SIZE; MAMMAL;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS;

EID: 0032465503     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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