The effect of initial weight of the ewe on later reproductive effort in domestic sheep (Ovis aries)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 515-520

  Steinheim, Geir ^a   Mysterud, Atle ^b   Holand, Øystein ^a   Bakken, Morten ^a   Ådnoy, Tormod ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort effects; Life history; Litter size; Ovis aries

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; LITTER SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SHEEP; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036910711     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690200167X     Document Type: Article

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