Does female mortality drive male semelparity in dasyurid marsupials?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Kraaijeveld, Ken ^a   Kraaijeveld Smit, Femmie J L ^b   Adcock, Greg J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antechinus; Dasyurid; Marsupial; Mortality; Semelparity

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; MARSUPIAL; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; FERTILIZATION; GENDER; HYPOTHESIS; MARSUPIAL; MATING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARITY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPECIES; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

ANTECHINUS; DASYURIDAE; DIDELPHIDAE; METATHERIA;

EID: 0242407052     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0082     Document Type: Article

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