Sociality and individual fitness in yellow-bellied marmots: Insights from a long-term study (1962-2001)

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-550

  Oli, Madan K ^a   Armitage, Kenneth B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of first reproduction; Cost of reproduction; Individual fitness; Life history trade offs; Marmota flaviventris

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOTA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0141792803     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1291-7     Document Type: Article

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