Life-history consequences of maternal condition in Alaskan moose

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 450-462

  Keech, Mark A ^a,b   Bowyer, R Terry ^a   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^b   Boertje, Rodney D ^b   Dale, Bruce W ^b   Stephenson, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan moose; Alces alces gigas; Birth date; Birth mass; Birth synchrony; Maternal condition; Parturition; Reproductive success; Survivorship; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 0033993812     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803243     Document Type: Article

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