Delayed maturation in female bank voles: Optimal decision or social constraint?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 684-697

  Prévot Julliard, Anne Caroline ^a,b   Henttonen, Heikki ^b,c   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^b,d   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture (CMR) statistical modelling; Clethrionomys; Food addition experiment; Population cycles; Survival

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; EVOLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; RODENT; SEXUAL MATURITY;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; CLETHRIONOMYS RUTILUS;

EID: 0344171993     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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