Individual differences, longevity, and reproductive senescence in bighorn ewes

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2555-2565

  Bérubé, Céline H ^a,c   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   Jorgenson, Jon T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Natural Resources Service   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Early reproductive success; Life history theory; Longevity; Ovis canadensis; Population density; Reproductive success; Senescence; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0343550463     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2555:IDLARS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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