Aging and improving reproductive success in horses: Declining residual reproductive value or just older and wiser?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-249

  Cameron, Elissa Z ^a   Linklater, Wayne L ^a   Stafford, Kevin J ^a   Minot, Edward O ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Equidae; Equus caballus; Maternal investment

Indexed keywords

AGING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; UNGULATE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EQUUS;

EID: 0034119002     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050661     Document Type: Article

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