Living slow and dying young? Life-history strategy and age-specific survival rates in a precocial small mammal

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-180

  Kraus, Cornelia ^a   Thomson, David L ^b   Künkele, Joachim ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altricical precocial dichotomy; Cavies; Fecundity juvenile survival trade off; Slow fast continuum; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

CAVIA MAGNA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CAVIIDAE; CAVIOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 13844273242     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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