Body mass and individual fitness in female ungulates: Bigger is not always better

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1442, 2000, Pages 471-477

  Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b   Delorme, Daniel ^c   Jorgenson, Jon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Office National de la Chasse   (France)

^d Natural Resources Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Life span; Lifetime reproductive success; Ovis canadensis; Phenotypic quality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FITNESS; PHENOTYPE; UNGULATE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEER; FEMALE; FITNESS; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; UNGULATE; VERTEBRATE;

ARTIODACTYLA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034615673     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1024     Document Type: Article

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