Temporal variation in survival of mammals: A case of environmental canalization?

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3294-3306

  Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Canalization; Elasticity; Fitness components; Life history; Sensitivity; Stochastic environment

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BET-HEDGING; CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; SURVIVAL;

MAMMALIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342267015     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0409     Document Type: Article

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