The effects of productivity and seasonality on life history: Comparing age at maturity among moose (Alces alces) populations

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-312

  Ferguson, Steven H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Competition; Demography; Density; Energy; Environmental gradients; Environmental selection pressures; Environmental variability; Juvenile mortality; Life history evolution

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036320444     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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