The Chitty effect: A consequence of dynamic energy allocation in a fluctuating environment

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-300

  Oli, Madan K ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Arvicoline rodents; Chitty effect; DEB model; Dynamic energy allocation; Lemmings; Population cycles; Reproductive effort; Reproductive suppression; Somatic effort; Voles

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENERGY USE; POPULATION CYCLE; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; ARVICOLINAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033393889     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1999.1427     Document Type: Article

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